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JOURNAL OF THE
1972
GENERAL CONFERENCE
OF
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Volume I
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JOURNAL
OF THE
1972
GENERAL CONFERENCE
OF
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Volume I
HELD AT
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
April 16-28, 1972
Edited by
JOHN L. SCHREIBER, Journal Editor
The General Conference of The United Methodist Church
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CERTIFICATION
This certifies that the following pages constitute the
Official Journal of the 1972 General Conference of The
United Methodist Church, held at Atlanta, Georgia, April
16-28, 1972, including the Officers, Personnel, Commissions,
Committees, Representatives on Boards and Commissions
that acted during the Conference, or were elected by them,
proceedings of business, communications, and other mat-
ter ordered printed by the General Conference.
The General Conference Secretary
The United Methodist Church
CONTENTS
Page
Title Page 3
Certification of Journal 4
Table of Contents 5
Hosts, Commission on Entertainment, 1972 7
Local Atlanta Hosts 8
Offices and Meeting Rooms 9
Council of Bishops of the United Methodist
Church 10
Conference of Methodist Bishops (Bishops
OR Heads of Autonomous Churches) 12
The Judicial Council 13
Officers and Committees, 1972 General
Conference 15
Secretarial Staff 15
Ballots and Tellers 16
Standing Administrative Committees 20
Interjurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy 23
Personnel of the General Conference 28
Alphabetical List of Delegates 116
Alphabetical List of Reserve Delegates 134
Standing Legislative Committees (Membership) . . .154
Plan of Organization and Rules of Order 179
Episcopal Address 205
Journal
Sunday, April 16, 1972, Evening 223
Monday, April 17, 1972, Morning 229
Afternoon 267
Tuesday, April 18, 1972, Morning 279
Wednesday, April 19, 1972, Morning 297
Thursday, April 20, 1972, Morning 322
Friday, April 21, 1972, Morning 343
Saturday, April 22, 1972, Morning 366
Monday, April 24, 1972, Morning 388
Evening 404
Tuesday, April 25, 1972, Morning 417
Afternoon 428
Evening 439
Wednesday, April 26, 1972, Morning .447
Afternoon 463
Evening 476
Thursday, April 27, 1972, Morning .488
Afternoon 504
Evening 515
Friday, April 28, 1972, Morning 532
Afternoon 554
Evening 572
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Appendix
I. Vote on Constitutional Amendments 601
II. Decisions of Judicial Council 605
III. Devotional Addresses and Sermons 721
IV. Reports of Administrative Committees 779
V. Reports of Standing Legislative Committees1038
VI. Reports to the General Conference 1667
Index 2075
HOSTS
Editor's Note: These addresses are as they were at the 1972 General
Conference.
(Italics denote ministers other than bishops)
COMMISSION ON ENTERTAINMENT
AND PROGRAM OF
The 1972 General Conference
The United Methodist Church
Chairman: A. G. Jefferson, Allied Arts Bldg., Lynchburg, Va. 24504
Vice-Chairman: (Facilities) Marion R. Walker, 2751 Poli St., Ven-
tura, Calif, 93003
Vice-Chairman : (Program) Irving L. Smith, 3133 N. W. 19th St.,
Oklahoma City, Okla. 73107
Secretary: Gene E. Sease, Indiana Central College, Indianapolis,
Indiana 46227
Business Manager: Norman L. Conard, 1200 Davis St., Evanston,
Illinois 60201
Class of 1972
Bosshardt, Floyd E., 2310 Taft St., N.E., Minneapolis, Minn. 55418
Bozeman, W. Scott, 411 W. Turner St., Clearwater, Florida 33516
Chittum, John W., 722 N. Bever St., Wooster, Ohio 44691
Epps, A. C, 181 Ashby, S. W., Atlanta, Georgia 30314
Hall, Carl C, 46 Edgehill, Little Rock, Arkansas 72207
Hole, J. Wesley, 5250 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 90029
Myers, Paul E., 2908 Union Ave., Altoona, Pennsylvania 16602
Tuell, Jack M., 401 W. 33rd St., Vancouver, Washington 98663
Young, J. Otis, 1661 North Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, Illinois
60068
Class of 1976
Beatty, William M., Route 1, Box 734, Hopwood, Pennsylvania 15445
Cole, Thomas W., 124 S. W. 23rd St., Gainesville, Florida 32601
Jefferson, A. G., Allied Arts Bldg., Lynchburg, Virginia 24505
Sease, Gene E., Indiana Central College, Indianapolis, Indiana 46227
Smith, Irving L., 3133 N. W. 19th St., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
73107
Strosahl, M. Stanford, 2231 E. Luther Road, Janesville, Wise. 53545
Walker, Marion R., 2751 Poli St., Ventura, Calif. 93003
Ex-Officio
Brawner, R. Bryan (Treasurer), 1200 Davis St., Evanston, Illinois
60201
Conard, NoT-man L. (Convention Bureau), 1200 Davis St., Evanston,
Illinois 60201
Hole, J. Wesley (Secretary), 5250 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles,
Calif. 90029
COMMITTEES
Executive: A. G. Jefferson, Marion R. Walker, Irving L. Smith, Gene
E. Sease, J. Otis Young, Norman L. Conard, R. Bryan Brawner,
A. C. Epps, J. Wesley Hole.
Facilities: Marion R. Walker, Chairman; Norman L. Conard, William
M. Beatty, W. Scott Bozeman, A. C. Epps, J. Wesley Hole, John
W. Chittum, A. G. Jefferson.
Program: Irving L. Smith, Chairman; Thomas W. Cole, Gene E.
Sease, Jack M. Tuell, J. Otis Young, A. G. Jefferson, Paul E. Myers,
Bishop D. Frederick Wertz, Bishop Paul V. Galloway.
Finance: J. Otis Young, Chairman; R. Bryan Brawner, J. Wesley
Hole, Gene E. Sease, Irving L. Smith, Marion R. Walker, A. G.
Jefferson, Norman Conard.
Badges: Carl C. Hall, Chairman; William R. Beatty, M. Stanford
Strosahl.
Fraternal Delegates: Floyd E. Bosshardt, Chairman; W. Scott Boze-
man, John W. Chittum.
Literature: Marion R. Walker, Chairman; J. Wesley Hole, Paul E.
Myers.
Guest Seating: A. C. Epps, Chairman; Floyd E. Bosshardt, Carl
C. Hall.
Housing: John W. Chittum, Chairman; Thomas W. Cole, Floyd E.
Bosshardt, M. Stanford Strosahl.
Seating of Delegates : Officers of the Commission.
General Conference Secretary Administration: William M. Beatty,
Chairman; A. G. Jefferson, R. Bryan Brawner, J. Otis Young,
Gene E. Sease.
LOCAL ATLANTA OFFICERS
AND COMMITTEES
Honorary Chairmen Bishop John Owen Smith
D. W. Brooks
General Chairman & Executive Director Gene Carroll
Vice-Chairman & Legal Counsel Albert Sidney Jonson
Secretary C. S. Stinson
Treasurer Wardlaw W. Moore
COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
Arrangements Division: Adolphus Dickerson, Charles Williams
Auditorium: Neil Ponder, C. B. Gopher
Badges : W. Lowry Anderson, John Watt
Communications : C. A. Scott, Guy Sharpe
Ushers & Pages: J. E. Lowery, Joe B. Dekle
Worship Center: Jackson Braddy, Anna W. Robinson
International Fellowship Center: Charles Jackson, William Starnes
Equipment Division: Dan F. Brewster, Robert Stovall
First Aid : Lewis Davis
Equipment Procurement: Willis Jackson
Post Office : Wilton Moulder
Secretarial Personnel : Virginia Dickerson, Jeanne Page
Program Division: F. W. Montgomery, William A. Tyson
Communion : Charles Wilson, Jonathan Jackson
Music: John Dressier
Pulpit Assignments: Robert V. Ozment, C. S. Stinson
"Georgia Night": Thomas Whiting, J. P. Brawley
Entertainment Division : Sam Coker, George L. Zorn
Coffee Hour: Randy Pollard
Reception : Bevel Jones, Oswald P. Bronson
Transportation & Tours : H. Dan Rice, Elroy Embry
Women's : Caroline Drinkard
Housing & Registration Division: W. Candler Budd, R. W. Moore
Finance Division: D. W. Brooks, Louis Rivers
OFFICES AND MEETING ROOMS
Room Assignments for General Conference 1972
Civic Center Building
Plenary Session Main Hall
Communion Main Hall
First Floor
Bishop's Room Room 100
Treasurer's Office Room 101
Council on World Service and Finance Room 101
General Conference Secretary Room 102
Daily Christian Advocate Room 103
Bishops Wives Room Room 104
Information Counter Lobby
Registration Lobby
Post Office Lobby
First Aid Lobby Room 105
Transportation Counter Lobby
Daily Christian Advocate Sales Lobby
Second Floor
Publishing House Sales Room 200
Friendship Lounge Lobby
Overseas Delegates Lounge Lobby
Plenary Session Recorder Room 201
Secretary Pool Room 202
Press, Radio and Television Room 203
Daily Christian Advocate Sales Room 200
UNITED METHODIST CENTER BUILDING
Judicial Council Bishop's Conference Room
Commission on Entertainment and Program 4th Floor
Conference Room
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Structure Study Commission
ST. MARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
ALL LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES
Christian Social Concerns Room 101
Conferences Room 306
Education Room 204
Lay Activity and Church Finance Room 305
Membership and Evangelism Room 206
Clergy Room 303
Missions Room 205
Pensions Chapel
Communications and Publications Room 202
Health and Welfare Room 203
Ecumenical Affairs Room 109
Judicial Administration, Enabling Acts and Legal
Forms Room 210
Local Church Room 201
Rituals and Orders of Worship Room 105
ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL BODIES
THE COUNCIL OF BISHOPS
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
President: Bishop Paul Hardin, Jr.
Vice President: Bishop 0. Eugene Slater
Secretary: Bishop Roy H. Short,
EFFECTIVE BISHOPS
Allen, L. Scott, 502 Gay Street, S. W.; Suite 314, Knoxville, Tennessee
37902
Alton, Ralph T., 325 Emerald Terrace, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin 53590
Andreassen, Harry P., Caixa Postal 68-C, Luanda, Angola
Armstrong, A. James, Berkshire Plaza, 405 N. W. Eighth Ave.,
Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401
Borgen, Ole E., Sibyllagatan 18, III, 114-42 Stockholm, Sweden
Cannon, William R., Methodist Bldg., 1307 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh,
N. C. 27605
Carleton, Alsie H., First National Bank Bldg., Suite 1201, 5301
Central Ave. E, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108
Copeland, Kenneth W., 5215 S. Main Street, Houston, Texas 77002
Ensley, F. Gerald, 395 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215
Ferrer, Comelio, 900 United Nations Avenue, Box 756, Manila,
Philippines
Finger, H. Ellis, Jr., Room 415, 95 White Bridge Rd., Nashville,
Tennessee 37205
Frank, Eugene M., 835 Oleta Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63105
Galloway, Paul V., 723 Center Street, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Golden, Charles F., P. 0. Box 467, 330 Ellis Street, San Francisco,
Cal. 94101
Goodson, W. Kenneth, 1801 Sixth Avenue, N., Birmingham, Alabama
35203
Granadosin, Paul, Box 87, Baquio City, Philippines
Haertel, Armin, 8020 Dresden, Wiener Strasse 56, Germany DDR.
Hardin, Paul, Jr., 1420 Lady Street, Columbia, S. C. 29201
Henley, James W., P. O. Box 1747, 127 Lake Hollingsworth Drive,
Lakeland, Florida 33802
Howard, J. Gordon, 1701 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19103
Hunt, Earl G., Jr., 310 Cole Bldg., 207 Hawthorne Lane, Charlotte,
N.C. 28204 , „ . ,.
Joshi, R. D., 13 Sankli Street, Byculla, Bombay 8, India
Kaebnick, Hermann W., 3 Riverside Office Center, 2101 N. Front
Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110
Kearns, Francis E., 1226 Market Avenue, North, Canton, Ohio 44714
Kennedy, Gerald H., 5250 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, California
90029
Lance, Joseph R., 37 Cantonment Road, Lucknow, U. P., India
Loder, Dwight E., 2111 Woodward Avenue, Francis Palms Bldg., 8th
Floor, Detroit, Michigan 48201
Lord, John Wesley, 100 Maryland Avenue, N. E., Washington, D. C.
20002
Mathews, James K., 581 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Milhouse, Paul W., 606 Cravens Bldg., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
73102
Mitchell, Eric, Bishops Lodge, Abid Road, Hyderabad, A. P., India
10
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Moore, Noah W., Jr., 2641 N. 49th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska 68504
Mueller, Reuben H., Box 88188, Mapleton Station, Indianapolis,
Indiana 46208
Muzorewa, Abel T., 3 Marimba Park, P. 0. Southerton, Salisbury,
Rhodesia
Nagbe, S. Trowen, Sr., P. 0. Box 1010, Monrovia, Liberia
Nichols, Roy C, 408 Seventh Avenue, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania 15222
Pagura, Federico, Seminario Teologio Metodista, Apartado 78,
Alejuela, Costa Rica, S. A.
Pendergrass, Edward J., Methodist Bldg., 321 Mississippi Street,
Jackson, Mississippi 39205
Pope, W. Kenneth, P. 0. Box 8124, Dallas, Texas 75205
Pryor, Thomas M., 77 W. Washington St., Chicago, Illinois 60602
Schaefer, Franz W., P. 0. Box 135, C.H-8026, 69 Badenerstrasse,
Zurich, Svi^itzerland
Shaw, A. J., 12 Boulevard Road, Delhi 6, India
Short, Roy H., 1115 S. Fourth Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky 40203
Shungu, John Wesley, B. P. 560, Luluabourg, Congo
Slater, O. Eugene, P. O. Box 28509, 535 Bandera Rd., San Antonio,
Texas 78284
Smith, J. Owen, 159 Forrest Avenue at Piedmont Avenue, Atlanta,
Ga., 30303
Sommer, C. Ernst, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Strasse 8, D-6 Frankfurt
(Main) 1, Germany
Sparks, W. Maynard, 800 Olympic National Bldg., 920 Second Avenue,
Seattle, Washington 98104
Stowe, W. McFerrin, 4201 W. Fifteenth Street, Topeka, Kansas 66604
Stuart, R, Marvin, 2200 S. University Blvd., Denver, Colorado 80210
Taylor, Prince Albert, Jr., One Palmer Square, Room 341, Princeton,
N. J. 08540
Thomas, James S., 1019 Chestnut St., Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Walton, Aubrey G., 1915 American Bank Bldg., 200 Carondelet St.,
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Ward, W. Ralph, 3049 E. Genesee Street, Syracuse, New York 13224
Washburn, Paul A., 122 W. Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
55404
Webb, Lance, The United Methodist Church, 501 E. Capitol Avenue,
Springfield, Illinois 62701
Wertz, D. Frederick, 900 Washington Street, East, Charleston, West
Virginia 25301
Wicke, Lloyd C, United Methodist Center, 210 Boston Post Road,
Rye, New York 10580
Zunguze, Escrivao A., Caixa Postal 2640, Lourenco Marques,
Mozambique
RETIRED BISHOPS
Barbieri, Sante, Casilla 5296, Correro Central Buenos Aires, Argen-
tina
Brashares, Charles W., 422 Davis St., Evanston, 111. 60201
Corson, Fred P., 2601 Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130
Dodge, Ralph E., 3657 W. Nichols St., Springfield, Mo. 65803
Franklin, Marvin A., 758 Pinehurst St., Jackson, Mississippi 39202
Garber, Paul N., 1 Rue de Colombier, Geneva, Switzerland
Garrison, Edwin R., Carriage Green Apts., C-9, 4507 W. Main St.,
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 .. „ . ., .
Harmon, Nolan B., 998 Springdale Road, N. E., Atlanta, Georgia
30306 . » . „ XT 11
Heininger, Harold R., 133 W. Franklin Ave., Apt. 7, Naperville,
Illinois 60540 ^, . ,^ ,^^
Herrick, Paul M., 2928 Rugby Rd., Dayton, Ohio 45405
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Holloway, Fred G., 1301 N. Harrison St., Wilmington, Delaware 19806
King, Willis J., 4834 Prentiss Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70126
Ledden, W. Earl, 4201 Mass. Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20016
Love, Edgar A., 2416 Montebello Terrace, Baltimoi-e, Maryland 21214
Martin, Paul E., Preston Tower, Apt. 407, 6211 W. Northwest
Highway, Dallas, Texas 75225
Martin, William C, Quapaw Towers, Apt. 9 M, 9th and Ferry Sts.,
Little Rock, Ark. 72202
Mondol, Shot K., 425 Dayton Towers Dr., Apt. 7 H, Dayton, Ohio
45410
Moore, Arthur J., 1391 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta, Georgia 30306
Nail, T. Otto, Methodist Church, Metropole Bldg., 7th Floor, 57
Peking Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong BCC
Newell, Frederick B., 41 Crocus Lane, Heritage Woods, Avon, Conn.
06001
Northcott, H. Clifford, The Georgian, 422 Davis Street, Evanston,
Illinois 60201
Pickett, J. Waskom, 903 Dearborn Towers, 22700 Garrison Ave.,
Dearborn, Michigan 48124
Raines, Richard C, Glen Glorious, Glen Arbor, Michigan 49636 (June
1-Oct. 1)
1438 S. Ocean Blvd., Pompano Beach, Florida 33062 (Oct. 1-June 1)
Reed, Marshall R., Box 801, Chelsea Retirement Home, Chelsea, Mich.
48118
Rockey, Clement D., 3470 Mill Street, Eugene, Oregon 97405
Singh, Mangal, 94 Civil Line, Bareilly, U.P., India
Smith, W. Angle, Terrace House, Apt. 8 F., 3131 Maple Avenue,
Dallas, Texas 75201
Straughn, James H., 303 Northway (Guilford), Baltimore, Maryland
21218
Subhan, John A, 3-6-29 1/2 Hyderguda, Hyderabad 1, A. P., India
Sundaram, Gabriel, Humayun Nagar, Hyderabad 28, A. P., India
Tippett, Donald H,. 45 Southhampton Avenue, Berkeley, California
94707
Valencia, Jose L., Methodist Rural Center, Kidapawan, Cotabato
90335 Philippines
Voigt, Edwin Edgar, Bay\aew Manor, 11 W. Aloha Street, Seattle,
Washington 98119
Werner, Hazen G., 1830 A Helshman Gardens, Carlisle, Pa., 17013
Wunderlich, Friederich, 34 Grillparzerstrasse 6, Frankfurt, A/M
Main, Germany
Zottele, Pedro, Casilla 10222, Santiago, Chile
CONFERENCE OF METHODIST BISHOPS
(BISHOPS OR HEADS OF AUTONOMOUS CHURCHES)
Bishop Carlos T. Gattinoni, Rivadavia 4044, Buenos Aires 13, Argen-
tina
Bishop Mortimer Arias, Casilla 356, La Paz, Bolivia
Bishop Alniir dos Santos, Rua Marques de Abrantes 64, Apto. 201,
Rio de Janeiro, GB.
Bishop Sady Machado da Silva, Rua Sao Vicente 100, Apto. 104,
Porto Alegre, RS.
Bishop Alipio da Silva Lavoura, Rua Costa Aguiar, 1534 Casa 11,
Ipiranga, Sao Paulo, SP.
Bishop Omar Daibert, Caixa Postal, 2009, Sao Paulo, SP. (tempo-
rary)
Bishop Oswaldo Dias da Silva, Caixa Postal 1272, Campinas, SP.
Bishop Wilbur K. Smith, Caixa Postal 2871 80.000 Curitiba, Brazil
Bishop Hla Sein, 321 Godwin Road, Dagon P. O., Rangoon, Burma
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Bishop Raymond Valenzuela, Casilla 6F, Santiago, Chile
Bishop Armando Rodriguez, Calle 58, No. 4305, Marianao Habana,
Cuba
Bishop Johannes Gultom, c/o Miss G. Robinett, Field Treas., DJ.
Lit. KoL, Martinus, Lubis, 28, Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
Bishop Chang Duk Yun, Korean Methodist Church, K. P. 0. Box
285. Seoul, Korea 100
Bishop Yap Kim Hao, 23-B Coleman Street, Singapore 6, Malaysia
Bishop Alejandro Ruiz M., Calzada Mexico Coyoacan #349, Mexico
13, D. F. Mexico
Rev. Ezra Barawani, Ekas Muri — P. 0. Box 21, Jalingo, Nigeria,
West Africa
Bishop Wenceslao Bahamonde, Apartado 1386, Lima, Peru
Dr. Emilio E. Castro (Pres.), Casilla 1773, Montevideo, Uruguay
(BISHOPS OR HEADS OF UNITED CHURCHES)
Dr. Andre Pieters, 5 rue du Champ-de-Mars, Brussels 5, Belgium
Rev. Raymond Garcia, Apartado 727, Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic
Rev. Renee Tufino, United Andean Mission, Casilla 455, Quito, Ecua-
dor
Dr. Peter Wong. 191 Prince Edward Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Rev. Mitsuho Yoshida, United Church of Christ, 2-4 Chome, Ginza,
Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
Rev. Seijin Higa, 41-1 Kinjo-cho, Shvri, Naha, Okinawa, Ryukyu
Islands
Bishop Estanislao Abainza, Box 718, Manila, Philippines
Bishop Pedro Raterta, Silliman Park, Dumaguste City J-409,
Philippines
Bishop Aquilino F. Guerrero, Box 718, Manila, Philippines
Bishop Mercurio M. Serifia, Ozamis City M-310, Philippines
Bishop John V. Samuels, 113 Quasin Road, Multan Gantt, West
Pakistan
THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL
President: Murray H. Leiffer, 721 Foster St., Evanston, Illinois 60201
Vice-President: Leon E. Hickman, Eckert, Seamans & Cherin, Porter
Bldg., Pittsburgh, Penna. 15219
Secretary: Kathrvn M. Grove (Mrs. D. Dwight Grove), 5025 N.
Marvine St., Philadelphia, Penna. 19141
Terms Expiring 1972
Murray H. Leiffer, 721 Foster St., Evanston, Illinois 60201
Leon E. Hickman, Eckert, Seamans & Cherin, Porter Building, Pitts-
burgh, Penna. 15219
Hoover Rupert, 120 South State Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108
Samuel W. Witwer, Board of Trade Building, 141 W. Jackson Blvd.,
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Terms Expiring 1976
Theodore M. Berry, 301 G Street, S. W., Washington. D. C. 20024
Charles B. Copher, 3340 Lake Valley Road, N. W., Atlanta, Ga.
30331
/. Ly)id Esch, 4305-B Declaration Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46227
Ralph M. Hoiiston, Mt. Tremper, N. Y. 12457
Kathryn M. Grove (Mrs. D. Dwight Grove), 5025 North Marvine
Street, Philadelphia, Penna. 19141
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ALTERNATES
Terms Expiring 1972
Harvey C. Hahn, 334 Ravenwood Ave., Dayton, Ohio 45419
Farris F. Moore, 2846 Lebanon Rd., Nashville, Tennessee 37214
Kenneth W. Adams, 1701 Truxton Avenue, Bakersfield, California
93301
W. Richard Eschelman, Box 456, RFD 2, Sinking Spring, Penna.
19608
Leonard V. Sorg, 9601 Howe Drive, Leawood, Kansas 66206
W. Davis Cotton, P. 0. Box 719, Rayville, Louisiana 71269
Terms Expiring 1976
John A. Dowd, Box 235, Moville, Iowa 51039
John D. Herr, 409 Osborne Lane, Wallingford, Penna. 19086
Alva H. Clark, 5410 Corby Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68104
J. Carlisle Holler, 308 Wade Hampton Bldg., Columbia, S. C. 29201
Floyd H. Coffman, Franklin County Court House, Ottawa, Kansas
66067
Paul V. Shearer, 110 E. Monroe, Washington, Iowa 52353
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES OF
THE 1972 SESSION
OF THE
GENERAL CONFERENCE
OF THE
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
PRESIDING BISHOPS
(In order of their presiding)
Bishop Paul Hardin, Jr.
Bishop James K. Mathews
Bishop W. McFerrin Stowe
Bishop Roy C. Nichols
Bishop D. Frederick Wertz
Bishop Reuben H. Mueller
Bishop H, Ellis Finger, Jr.
Bishop W. Kenneth Pope
Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke
Bishop W. Ralph Ward
Bishop Ralph T. Alton
Bishop James S. Thomas
Bishop 0. Eugene Slater
Bishop Edward J. Pendergrass
Bishop Paul A. Washburn
Bishop Kenneth W. Copeland
Bishop L. Scott Allen
Bishop Dwight E. Loder
Bishop W. Kenneth Goodson
Bishop Charles F. Golden
Bishop Roy H. Short
SECRETARIAL STAFF
(Italics denote minister)
General Secretary: J. Wesley Hole (Southern California-
Arizona)
First Assistant Secretary: J. B. Holt (Central Texas)
Second Assistant Secretary, Roll Call (M) : Charles D.
White (Western North Carolina)
Second Assistant Secretary, Roll Call (E) : Gene E. Sease
(Western Pennsylvania)
Coordinator of Calendar: Hobart Hildyard (Kansas East)
Legislative Committee Secretary: Hai^old Johnson (South-
ern California-Arizona)
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Petitions Secretary: Newell P. Knudson (California-Ne-
vada)
Document Secretary: Allen M. Mayes (Texas)
Journal Secretary: W. Carleton Wilson (North Carolina)
Journal Editor: John L. Schreiber (Southwest Texas)
Stenographic Pool: Betty Van Dyke (West Ohio)
Stenographic Assistant: Jeanne Page (North Georgia)
Office Manager: Shirley Taylor (Southern California-Ari-
zona)
Registrar: Irma Kellogg (Tennessee)
Registrar Assistant: Kay Knudson (California-Nevada)
BALLOTS AND TELLERS
TELLERS— GROUP A
{Italics denote Minister)
Assistant Secretary in Charge
Marvin L. Boyd (Northwest Texas)
Section A
Regular — Chairman — Joel D. McDavid (Alabama-West Florida)
Rows 3- 4- 5 Kenneth Cooper (Alabama-West Florida)
6- 7- 8 Robert C. Morgan (North Alabama)
9-10-11 Millard C. Cleveland (Florida)
12-13-14 Melvin Finkbeiner (Pacific Northwest)
15-16-17 Mrs. Albert Curtis (Central New York)
18-19-20 N. Robert Kesler (Southern California- Arizona)
21-22-23 Howard H. Darling- (New York)
Reserve — Chairman — Roy M. Jordan (Alabama-West Florida)
Rows 3- 4- 5 John Creel (Alabama-West Florida)
6- 7- 8 Jesse A. Culp (North Alabama)
9-10-11 William A. Meadows (Florida)
12-13-14 Marshall C. Hjelte (Pacific Northwest)
15-16-17 Charles E. Lutrick (Northwest Texas)
18-19-20 Gordon Martin (Southern California-Arizona)
21-22-23 Douglas F. Verdin (New York)
Section B
Regular — Chairman — J. Chess Lovem (Oklahoma)
Rows 3- 4- 5 Irving L. Smith (Oklahoma)
6- 7- 8 J. Everett Walker (California-Nevada)
9-10-11 Robert H. Courtney (East Ohio)
12-13-14 Aubrey B. Speer (Missouri West)
15-16-17 Roland P. Riddick (Virginia)
18-19-20 Carlton S. Dodge (Eastern Pennsylvania)
21-22-23 Wayne E. Shoemaker (Iowa)
Reserve — Chairman — S. Covey Page (Oklahoma)
Rows 3- 4- 5 Jim A. Egan (Oklahoma)
6- 7- 8 Robert Moon (California-Nevada)
9-10-11 John Chittum (East Ohio)
12-13-14 Keymeth C. Johnston (Missouri West)
15-16-17 John H. Rixse, Jr. (Virginia)
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18-19-20 George S. Wood (Louisville)
21-22-23 Maurice K. Long (Iowa)
Section C
Regular — Chairman — David L. Stanley (Southern Illinois)
Rows 3- 4- 5 Harry M. Gordon (Wyoming)
6- 7- 8 Henry High (Virginia)
9-10-11 Donald Waterfield (Troy)
12-13-14 Paul Hagiya (Rocky Mountain)
15-16-17 Ben Richer (West Ohio)
18-19-20 Alva H. Clark (Nebraska)
21-22-23 Harry R. Kent (South Carolina-1785)
Reserve — Chairman — Robert R. Hollis (Southern Illinois)
Rows 3- 4- 5 Philip N. Pitcher (Wyoming)
6- 7- 8 Mrs. Richard Hoffman (West Virginia)
9-10-11 Wilbur C. Ziegler (Southern New England)
12-13-14 Joe Ariki (Rocky Mountain)
15-16-17 John K. Bergland (West Ohio)
18-19-20 G. Alan Dunlap (Nebraska)
21-22-23 Wallace Fridy (South Carolina-1785)
Section D
Regular — Chair-man — A. C. Epps (Georgia)
Rows 3- 4- 5 Lloyd M. Bertholf (Central Illinois)
6- 7- 8 William J. Neese (North Carolina)
9-10-11 Bert Jordan (Mississippi)
12-13-14 Paul E. Myers (Central Pennsylvania)
15-16-17 John Van Sickle (Northern Illinois)
18-19-20 Frank A. Settle (Holston)
21-22-23 Harold M. Karls (Detroit)
Reserve — Chairman — David W. Brooks (North Georgia)
Rows 3- 4- 5 Dale E. Pitcher (Central Illinois)
6- 7- 8 J. Nelson Gibson (North Carolina)
9-10-11 Frank E. Dement (Mississippi)
12-13-14 Mrs. Frank Ake (Central Pennsylvania)
15-16-17 William D. White (Northern Illinois)
18-19-20 John T. Lundy (Holston)
21-22-23 Jesse R. DeWitt (Detroit)
TELLERS— GROUP B
(Italics denote Minister)
Assistant Secretary in Charge
William M. Beatty (Western Pennsylvania)
Section A
Regular — Chairman — William R. Keeffe (New Hampshire)
Rows 3- 4- 5 Forest W. Laraba (New Hampshire)
6- 7- 8 Vernon Lee (Northern New York)
9-10-11 W. Scott Bozeman (Florida)
12-13-14 Don L. Strickland (Texas)
15-16-17 Thomas K. Farley (Southern California-Arizona)
18-19-20 Thurman Dodson (Baltimore)
21-22-23 Sidney Roberts (Central Texas)
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Reserve — Chairman — Ervin Ortman (South Dakota)
Rows 3- 4- 5 Richard Pittenger (South Dakota)
6- 7- 8 Allison C. Wood (Northern New York)
9-10-11 Mrs. Olive E. Watson (Florida)
12-13-14 Wayne H. McCleskey (Texas)
15-16-17 David L. Myers (Southern California- Arizona)
18-19-20 Edward G. Carroll (Baltimore)
21-22-23 Roy J. Grogan (Central Texas)
Section B
Regular — Chairman — John C. Soderberg (Yellowstone)
Rows 3- 4- 5 Grace Catterall (California-Nevada)
6- 7- 8 David A. Duck (South Georgia)
9-10-11 Harold Totten (Kansas West)
12-13-14 Byron Stroh (South Indiana)
15-16-17 William T. Robey, Jr. (Virginia)
18-19-20 Kenneth Rutter (Western Pennsylvania)
21-22-23 John R. Harper (Eastern Pennsylvania)
Reserve — Chairman — William C. Doenges (Oklahoma)
Rows 3- 4- 5 Arthur V. Thurman (California-Nevada)
6- 7- 8 George W. Mayo (South Georgia)
9-10-11 Glenn E. Matthew (Kansas West)
12-13-14 Francis Wilcoxon (South Indiana)
15-16-17 Eric W. Baker (Great Britain)
18-19-20 Mrs. Thomas DeVaux (Western Pennsylvania)
21-22-23 F. Lewis Walley (Eastern Pennslvania)
Section C
Regular — Chairman — Donald E. Holbrook (West Michigan)
Rows 3- 4- 5 Alden B. Bums (West Michigan)
6- 7- 8 Edwin C. Ford (Western North Carolina)
9-10-11 Luther A. Patton (Troy)
12-13-14 Erwin H. Schwiebert (Oregon-Idaho)
15-16-17 Zan W. Holmes, Jr. (North Texas)
18-19-20 Hubert M. Blanchard (Louisiana)
21-22-23 Merle A. Dunn (Minnesota)
Reserve — Chairman — Keith L Pohl (West Michigan)
Rows 3- 4- 5 Mrs. Harold Newman (West Michigan)
6- 7- 8 H. Claude Young (Western North Carolina)
9-10-11 Earle N. Cooper (Troy)
12-13-14 Gene Albertson (Oregon-Idaho)
15-16-17 Mrs. Wayne A. Lamb (Memphis)
18-19-20 Jack Cooke (Louisiana)
21-22-23 Dorothy R. Gridley (Minnesota)
Section D
Regular — Chairman — William H. Ruff (North Georgia)
Rows 3- 4- 5 Charles E. Wilson, Jr. (North Georgia)
6- 7- 8 Carl C. Hall (Little Rock)
9-10-11 G. Wayne Cuff (Peninsula)
12-13-14 John T. King (Southwest Texas)
15-16-17 Willie B. Clay (Northern Illinois)
18-19-20 Clifford Lau (Wisconsin)
21-22-23 Gerald H. Jones (North Indiana)
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Reserve — Chairman — Joe B, Dekle (North Geor^a)
Rows 3- 4- 5 Mrs. R. M. McCommons (North Georgia)
6- 7- 8 C. Ray Hozendorf (Little Rock)
9-10-11 James C. Hardcastle (Peninsula)
12-13-14 Ted Richardson (Southwest Texas)
15-16-17 Merrill Gates (Northern Illinois)
18-19-20 Winslow Wilson (Wisconsin)
21-22-23 George Davis (North Indiana)
DAILY CHRISTIAIS ADVOCATE
Ewing T. Wayland Editor
William C. Henzlik Managing Editor
John A. Lovelace News Editor
Sandra Leneau Assistant Editor
James A. Miner Assistant Editor
Ira M. Mohler Assistant Editor
Gail Yeiser Assistant Editor
John E. Procter Publisher
Warren P. Clark Business Manager
Institutional Electronics, Inc Official Reporters
STANDING ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES
{Italics denote Minister)
AGENDA
Chairman: J. Otis Young (West Ohio) Commission on Entertainment
and Program
Vice-Chairman: Edward Tullis (Kentucky) At Large
Secretary: Alva H. Clark (Nebraska)
Members: David W. Brooks (North Georgia)
Thomas Bryant (South Indiana)
Annette Hutchins (Youth)
Thomas P. Moore (East Ohio) At Large
Tom Reavley (Southwest Texas) At Large
Douglas F. Verdin (New York)
Frank Webber (California-Nevada)
Louise Werder (North Katanga)
CALENDAR
Chairman: Robert E. Goodrich (North Texas)
V ice-Chairman: Wayne F. Calbert (Mississippi-FCJ)
Secretary: Mrs. Paul Braun (Iowa)
Member: Wanda Walls (Youth)
CORRELATION AND EDITORIAL REVISION
Chairman: Emory Bucke (Southern New England) ex officio
Vice-Chairman: Curtis A. Chambers (Eastern Pennsylvania)
Secretary: Dennis R. Fletcher (Eastern Pennsylvania)
Members: J. Clair Jarvis (West Virginia)
Bradshaw Mintener (Baltimore)
COURTESIES AND PRIVILEGES
Chairman: Mrs. Alvirita Little (Pacific Northwest)
Vice-Chairman: Wilbur C hoy (California-Nevada)
Secretary: William R. Henry (Oklahoma) At Large
Members: Roy D. Barton (Rio Grande)
Ignacio P. Bautista (Philippines)
Edward G. Carroll (Baltimore)
James Dolliver (Pacific Northwest) At Large
Mrs. E. L. Ferris (Nebraska)
Mrs. Ellen Hanna (Central Illinois)
Mrs. Dora Hoffman (West Virginia)
Grantas E. Hoopert (Central Pennsylvania) At Large
Mrs. W. Roy Parker (South Carolina-1785)
I. P. Presley (Upper Mississippi) At Large
Wayne E. Shoemaker (Iowa)
Robert L. Wilcox (Holston)
Mrs. Maria Wunderlich (Southwest Germany)
CREDENTIALS
Chairman: W. T. Handy, Jr. (Louisiana)
V ice-Chairman: F annuel Kadenge (Rhodesia)
Secretary: Mrs. George V. Metzel (Oklahoma)
Members: Clair W. Black (Northern New Jersey)
Charles L. Hutchinson (Central Alabama)
Joseph T. Johnson (Northern Illinois)
Kazuo Saito (Southern California-Arizona)
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FRATERNAL DELEGATES
Chairman: Harvey H. Potthoff (Rocky Mountain)
Vice-Chairman: Mrs. Marshall Smith (Mississippi) At Large
Secretary: George F. Williams (Southern California- Arizona) At
Large
Members: Mrs. Thomas DeVaux (Western Pennsylvania)
Henry R. High (West Virginia) At Large
Ralph B. Huston (Florida)
John T. King (Southwest Texas)
Robert W. Thornburg (Central Illinois)
COMMISSION ON THE GENERAL CONFERENCE
1976 GENERAL CONFERENCE
Chairman : Gene E. Sease
Vice-Chairman: (Facilities) William M. Beatty
V ice-Chairman: (Program) Jack M. Tuell
Secretary : J. Wesley Hole
Members:
Class of 1976:
Beatty, William M. (Western Pennsylvania)
Cole, Thomas W. (Florida) At Large
Jefferson, A. G. (Virginia)
Sease, Gene E. (Western Pennsylvania) At Large
Smith, Irving L. (Oklahoma)
Strosahl, M. Stanford (Wisconsin)
Walker, Marion R. (Southern California-Arizona)
Class of 1980:
Bozeman, W. Scott (Florida)
Epps, Anderson C. (North Georgia)
Hall, Carl C. (Little Rock)
Larson, Mrs. Norma (Minnesota)
Shearer, Daniel L. (Central Pennsylvania)
Tuell, JackM. (Pacific Northwest)
Woodring, DeWayne S. (East Ohio)
Ex Officio :
Brawner, R. Bryan, Treasurer
Conard, Norman L., Business Manager (California-
Nevada)
Holt, J. B., Secretary (Central Texas)
JOURNAL
Chairman: George R. Akers (Wyoming)
Vice-Chairman: Frede Johansen (Denmark)
Secretary: Mrs. Lamar Clark (Texas)
Members: Ronald R. Hamilton (Rocky Mountain)
David F. Knecht (North Dakota)
L. D. Lusby (Holston)
V/endell P. Taylor (Mississippi-FCJ)
PLAN OF ORGANIZATION AND RULES OF ORDER
Chairman: Leonard D. Slutz (West Ohio)
Vice-Chairman: Mrs. Norma Eby (Pacific Northwest)
Secretary: Thovias L. Cromwell (East Ohio)
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Members: Will M. Hildehrand (Southern California-Arizona)
J. B. Holt (Central Texas) Ex Officio
C. Ray Hozendorf (Little Rock)
George E. Jones (Mississippi)
Robert E. Knupp (Central Pennsylvania)
Lydia Meinhardt (West Berlin)
S. Covey Page (Oklahoma)
Melvin G. Talbert (Southern California-Arizona)
PRESIDING OFFICERS
Chairman: Jack M. Tuell (Pacific Northwest)
Vice-Chairman: Woodie W. White (Detroit) At Large
Secretary: Mrs. Elizabeth Watson (Oregon-Idaho)
Members: Harold L. Boda (West Ohio)
Martin Doering (West Berlin)
Paul G. Gilmore (Central Pennsylvania)
Harold O. Harriger (Northwest Texas)
Maggart B. Howell (Central Texas)
John D. Humphrey, Sr. (North Mississippi) At Large
J. Chess Lovern (Oklahoma) At Large
M.Elia Peter (Hyderabad)
Harry Schneidereit (German Democratic Republic) At
Large
Byron F. Stroh (South Indiana)
L. Stacy Weaver (North Carolina)
C. Dale White (Southern New England)
Charles D. White (Western North Carolina)
REFERENCE
Chairman: Jerry G. Bray (Virginia)
Vice-Chairman: M. Max Wright (Kansas East)
Secretary: Mrs. Frank Ake (Central Pennsylvania) At Large
Members: Edsel A. Ammons (Northern Illinois) At Large
Pauline Bobbitt (Southern California-Arizona)
Harold L. Boda (West Ohio)
Wayne Coffin (Oklahoma) At Large
Melvin M. Finkbeiner (Pacific Northwest)
James A. Fisher, Sr. (Memphis)
Wallace Fridy (South Carolina-1785) At Large
Arnold Madsen (Norway)
Kenneth A. McCall (Missouri West)
Abdon Mendigorin (Philippines)
Charles A. Sayre (Southern New Jersey)
Charles F. Schoenlein (Northern New York)
James W. Wright (West Michigan)
INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMMITTEE
ON EPISCOPACY
(Par. 612.1 — "The persons elected by their respective delegations
to serve on the several Jurisdictional Committees on Episcopacy
shall meet jointly at the time of the General Conference, constituting
an Interjurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy, not later than the
fifth day of the Conference session and at the time and place set for
their convening by the president of the Council of Bishops, and shall
elect from their number a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary.
The function of this Joint Committee shall be to discuss the possibility
of transfers of bishops across jurisdictional lines at the forthcoming
Jurisdictional Conferences, for residential and presidential responsibi-
lities in the ensuing quadrennium. It shall elect an Executive Commit-
tee consisting of the officers named above and two ministers and two
laymen from each jurisdictional committee, elected by that com-
mittee, to conduct consultations with bishops and others interested
in possible episcopal transfers. The Executive Committee shall be
responsible to the Interjurisdictional Committee.")
NORTHEASTERN JURISDICTION
(Italics denote ministerial members)
Adkins, Leon M., Jr Troy
Andrews, David H Baltimore
Ault, James M Northern New Jersey
Black, Clair W Northern New Jersey
Blackstone, Franklin, Jr Western Pennsylvania
Blessing, Roy E West Virginia
Bridges, Ramsey West Virginia
Cabrera, Ismail Puerto Rico
Caldwell, Gilbert H., Jr Southern New England
Chapman, A. Frank Peninsula
Cooke, George Western New York
Cooke, R. Jervis Peninsula
Danforth, Merrill A Maine
Eckel, Sherman B Western New York
Ellis, S. Blake Maine
Harper, John R Eastern Pennsylvania
James, William M New York
Jones, Everett Baltimore
Keeffe, William R New Hampshire
Knupp, Robert E Central Pennsylvania
Laraba, Forest W New Hampshire
Long, Richard B Wyoming
Mann, Robert Central New York
McCune, Robert J Central New York
Mentzer, Warren F Eastern Pennsylvania
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Ogden, Mrs. Tarrance F Troy
Preusch, Robert "W New York
Rutter, Kenneth P Western Pennsylvania
Santana, Benjamin Puerto Rico
Sayre, Charles A Southern New Jersey
Schoenlein, Charles F Northern New York
Shearer, Daniel L Central Pennsylvania
Singer, Edgar F. Wyoming
Smith, Harold Southern New England
Van Ornum, Carlton Northern New York
Walker, Leon E Southern New Jersey
NORTH CENTRAL JURISDICTION
Ammerman, Carl R Detroit
Baskerville, Trevor Iowa
Burrous, Kermit North Indiana
Colpitis, A. Hunter North Indiana
Courtney, Robert H East Ohio
DeWitt, Jesse R Detroit
Fechtig, Norman Southern Illinois
Forbes, J. Kenneth South Indiana
Green, Mrs. Robert South Indiana
Hottle, Darrell West Ohio
Knecht, David F North Dakota
Lang, Francis East Ohio
Lennartson, Walter S Northern Illinois
Messmer, William K West Ohio
Moore, Eugene J Central Illinois
Northfelt, Merlyn W Northern Illinois
Ortman, Ervin South Dakota
Pittenger, Richard D South Dakota
Purdham, Charles Minnesota
Roberts, Leigh Wisconsin
Schilling, Marvin A Wisconsin
Schreiber, Lyle Minnesota
Shearer, Paul V Iowa
Sims, R. Paul Southern Illinois
Sundin. Robert North Dakota
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Taylor, Lawrence R West Michigan
Tombaugh, Reid R Central Illinois
Wilcox, Katherine W West Michigan
SOUTHEASTERN JURISDICTION
Adams, Quenton D Central Alabama
Bray, Jerry G., Jr Virginia
Brooks, D, W North Georgia
Calbert, Wayne F Mississippi (FCJ)
Epps, A. C Georgia
Fields, Richard E South Carolina (1866)
Fisher, James A., Sr Memphis
Ford, Floyd Tennessee
Foster, George A Florida
Freeman, G. Ross South Georgia
Graham, John Upper Mississippi
Grant, N. W North Carolina
Hager, Cornelius R Kentucky
Hildreth, Charles H Alabama-West Florida
Houston, Jamie G., Jr North Mississippi
Hundley, George North Alabama
Hutchinson, Charles L Central Alabama
Jenkins, Tom Louisville
Jenkins, Warren M South Carolina (1866)
Jordan, Roy Alabama- West Florida
Kent, Harry R South Carolina (1785)
Kimhrough, R. Edivin North Alabama
King, Mrs. Carl H Western North Carolina
Leggett, J. Willard, Jr Mississippi
Mann, Mrs. Harold L North Carolina
Meadows, William A Florida
Peters, James C Western North Carolina
Pevahouse, Joe N Memphis
Presley, I. P Upper Mississippi
Ruff, W. H North Georgia
Sanders, Carl J Virginia
Satterfield, John C Mississippi
Steffner, John Holston
Stokes, Mack B Holston
Sweazy, Albert W Kentucky
Taylor, Eben South Carolina (1785)
Taylor, Wendell P Mississippi (FCJ)
Tomlin, William H • Tennessee
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Wilson, T. R Geor^a
Wood, George S Louisville
Wright, George A South Georgia
Yarbrough, George M North Mississippi
SOUTH CENTRAL JURISDICTION
Aviiia, Mike Rio Grande
Baker, Leo North Texas
Barton, Roy D Rio Grande
Borger, Clarence Kansas West
Boyd, Marvin Northwest Texas
Bumpers, Clay North Arkansas
Butler, Randle New Mexico
Caswell, Bervin New Mexico
Clark, Alva H Nebraska
Coffman, Floyd H Kansas East
Cooper, Joel North Arkansas
Dixon, Ernest T., Jr Southwest Texas
Doenges, William C Oklahoma
Doggett, John N Missouri East
Fenn, G. Lemuel Oklahoma
Gailey, Mrs. Beulah Missouri West
Goens, Ray Texas
Greenwaldt, William M Central Texas
Grogan, Roy J Central Texas
Hall, Carl C Little Rock
Hardt, John Wesley Texas
Harriger, Harold O Northwest Texas
Hawkins, J. Clinton Missouri East
Hayes, Clara J Kansas East
Hozendorf, C. Ray Little Rock
Lester, W. D Southwest
Matheny, Tom H Louisiana
Oliphint, Benjamin R Louisiana
Preston, Mrs. Alice Southwest
Rupert, Thomas W Kansas West
Trice, William E North Texas
Urbom, Warren K Nebraska
Walker, James M Southwest Texas
Ward, A. Sterling Missouri West
WESTERN JURISDICTION
Bobbitt, Pauline Southern California-Arizona
Burtner, Robert W Oregon-Idaho
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Choy, Wilbur W California-Nevada
Eby, Mrs. Norma C Pacific Northwest
Hood, Esther Yellowstone
Naylor, Edward R Rocky Mountain
Potthoff, Harvey H Rocky Mountain
Schwiebert, Erwin H Oregon-Idaho
Soderberg, John C Yellowstone
Talbert, Melvin G Southern California-Arizona
Tuell, Jack M Pacific Northwest
Webber, Frank California-Nevada
PERSONNEL OF
THE 1972 SESSION
OF THE
GENERAL CONFERENCE
OF
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
VOTING DELEGATES
The Annual Conferences are here listed alphabetically by Annual
Conferences and the names of the delegates appear as they were
furnished by the secretaries of the respective Annual Conferences
with the names of ministerial delegates and reserves in italics. The
chairman of the delegation is indicated by an asterisk (*). Number in
( ) indicates Legislative Committee assignment. (M) or (E) denotes
former church affiliation.
The figure after each Annual Conference heading is the number of
delegates in the delegation and is followed by the abbreviation for its
Jurisdiction or OS for Conferences outside the United States.
AGRA (2) OS
Sec. C, Row 10, Seats 10-11
*Sagar, Sisa Masih; (11) (M) Area Secretary; 4-B Battery Lane,
Delhi 6, India
Barnes, Ambrose; (4) (M) Business; Methodist Mission District
Headquarter, Bulandshahar (U.P.) India
Reserves
Singh, Baldeo; (M) Director Social Concern; 3349 Christian Colony,
Karolbagh, New Delhi 5, India
Lance, Charles; (M) Minister; Central Methodist Church, Meerut,
U. P. India
Singh, Dharamjit; (M) Government Service; 28/ A Jain Nagar Mee-
rut, U. P. India
Singh, Lamuel Lai; (M) Teacher; Methodist Church, Saharanpur, U.
P. India
ALABAMA-WEST FLORIDA (12) SE
Sec. A, Rows 4-5, Seats 1-6
*Hildreth, Charles H.; (6) (M) Minister; 103 First St., Ft. Walton
Beach, Florida 32548
Duffey, Paul A.; (11) (M) Minister; P. O. Box 6150, Montgomery,
Alabama 36106
McDavid, Joel D.; (3) (M) Minister; P. 0. Box 4607, Mobile, Ala-
bama 36604
Wilson, Robert L.; (5) (M) District Superintendent; 301 Azalea
Circle, Dothan, Alabama 36301
Dickerson, Ellis R.; (13) (M) Minister; P. O. Box 223, Shalimar,
Florida 32579
Vickers, John E.; (2) (M) Minister; P. 0. Box 111, Opelika,
Alabama 36801
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Jordan, Roy M.; (4) (M) Engineer; 1502 Indian Hill Rd., Demopolis,
Alabama 36732
Cooper, Kenneth; (1) (M) Attorney; Box 1000, Bay Minette, Ala-
bama 36507
Creel, John; (8) (M) Car Dealer; DeFuniak Springs, Florida 32433
Eich, Foster; (10) (M) Merchant; Fort Davis, Alabama 36031
McDavid, Harry E.; (7) (M) Mail Supervisor; 3414 St. Stephens
Rd., Mobile, Alabama 36612
Campbell, Foy; (12) (M) Sales Manager; 3636 Farrar St., Montgom-
ery, Alabama 36105
Reserves
Sublette, Roy, T.; (M) District Superintendent; P. 0. Box 765, Demo-
polis, Ala. 36732
Bradley, Cecil E.; (M) Minister; P. O. Box 123, Marianna, Fla. 3244G
Mixson, Rex M.; (M) Minister; P. 0. Box 1296, Ozark, Ala. 36360
Garrison, Langdon H.; (M) Minister; 2519 Springhill Ave., Mobile,
Ala. 36607
Spencer, Lester H.; (M) Minister; 732 Forest Ave., Montgomery, Ala.
36106
Vaughn, Robert L.; (M) Minister; P. 0. Box 5006, Pensacola, Fla.
32505
Cleveland, Howard L.; (M) Merchant; Box 266, Centreville, Ala.
35045
Barrow, Mrs. Opal; (M) Housewife; 296 Oakdale Ave., Crestview,
Fla. 32536
Owen, Hugh; (M) Personnel Director; P. 0. Box 2, Geneva, Alabama
36340
Abbott, W. H.; (M) 777 Tanglewood Dr., Pensacola, Fla. 32503
Orr, John H.; (M) Industralist; Opelika, Alabama 36801
Lord, H. T.; (M) Banker; Andalusia, Alabama 36420
ANGOLA (2) OS
Sec. A, Row 13, Seats 11-12
de Freitas, Antonio Filipe; (11) (M) Minister; Caixa Postal # 9,
Missao Evangelica Malanju, Angola, Africa
Fereira Dias, Nobre Pereira; (1) (M) School Director; Missao
Evangelica, Caixa Postal 68-c, Luanda, Angola, Africa
Reserves
da Costa, Matoso Santos; (M) Minister; Missao Evangelica de Luan-
da, Caixa Postal #68-c, Luanda, Angola, Africa
Neto, Mateus Joao Sebastiao; (M) Lay Leader; Missao Evangelica,
Caixa Postal 68-c, Luanda, Angola, Africa
BALTIMORE (22) NE
Sec. A, Rows 19-20, Seats 5-12
Sec. A, Row 21, Seats 7-12
* Andrews, David H.; (11) (E) District Superintendent; 705 W.
Patrick St., Frederick, Md. 21701
Carroll, Edward G.; (2) (M) Minister; 1010 Dale Dr., Silver Spring,
Md. 20910
Hall, E. Willia77i; (13) (M) District Superintendent; 10700 Georgia
Ave., Silver Spring, Md. 20906
Stith, Forrest C; (7) (M) Exec. Sec'y Conf. Bd. of Miss.; 516 N.
Charles St., Baltimore, Md. 21201
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Williams, Frank L.; (8) (M) Minister; 3801 S. Dakota Ave., N.E.,
Washington D. C. 20018
Van Brunt, F. Norman; (6) (M) Minister; 5405 N. Charles St.,
Baltimore, Md. 21210
Rohrbaugh, Laverne E.; (5) (E) Minister; 117 Holly Terrace,
Hagerstown, Md. 21740
Yingling, L. Carroll; (3) (M) Minister; 901 Wesley PI., S. W., Wash-
ington, D. C. 20024
Doggett, Herbert L. D.; (1) (M) District Superintendent; 8 VanLear
Dr., Williamsport, Md. 21795
Jones, John B.; (4) (M) Minister; 1212 Limekiln Rd., Baltimore,
Md. 21204
Drennan, Merrill W.; (12) (M) Minister; 3311 Nebraska Ave., N. W.,
Washington, D. C. 20016
Jones, Everett; (1) (M) Mechanical Contractor; Damascus, Mary-
land 20750
Dodson, Thurman L.; (2) (M) Attorney; 626 3rd St., N. W., Wash-
ington, D. C. 20001
Wicklein, Mrs. Helen; (7) (M) Homemaker; Cromwell Bridge Rd.,
Baltimore, Md. 21234
Beatty, W. Carroll; (12) (M) Attorney; 7000 Forest Hill Dr., Hyatts-
ville, Md. 20781
Bristow, Carroll D.; (13) (M) Accountant; 2808 Bauernwood Ave.,
Baltimore, Md. 21234
Will, Mary K.; (3) (M) Student; 103 Central Ave., Gaithersburg,
Md. 20760
Underwood, Harry K.; (4) (M) Attorney; 10302 Ridgemoor Dr.,
Silver Spring, Md. 20901
Schiller, Theodore E.; (9) (M) Communications; 304 Breslin Rd.,
Joppa, Md. 21085
Blickenstaff, Thomas C; (10) (E) Real Estate; 121 Coffman Ave.,
Hagerstown, Md. 21740
Thompson, Mrs. Barbara.; (14) (M) Statistician; 11215 Oakleaf Dr.,
Silver Spring, Md. 20901
Mann, Charles L.; (8) (M) Retired Corp. Executive; 106 E. Melrose
Ave., Baltimore, Md. 21212
Reserves
Michael, Marion S.; (M) Minister; 1304 Highland Dr., Silver Spring,
Md. 20910
Bishop, William E.; (M) District Superintendent; 10700 Georgia
Ave., Silver Spring, Md. 20906
Firth, William E.; (M) Minister; 131 N. Potomac St., Hagerstown,
Md. 21740
Stetler, Roy H., Jr.; (E) Minister; 2700 Cheverly Ave., Cheverly,
Md. 20785
Harper, Lyle E.; (M) Minister; 2620 Colson Dr., Chevy Chase, Md.
20015 , ^, .
Wallace, Charles L, Sr.; (M) Minister; 1910 Dulany PL, Annapolis,
Md. 21401
Doggett, Carroll A.; (M) Minister; 6804 Calverton Dr., Hyattsville,
Md. 20782 ^ . ,
Foy, James D.; (M) District Superintendent; 10700 Georgia Ave.,
Silver Spring, Md. 20906 ^ ^^.^^ ^ , ^ ,^.
Kopp, Lamar W.; (E) Minister; 7507 Windsor Mill Rd., Baltimore,
Md 21207
Young, Carl E.; (E) Minister; 303 Windsor Mill Rd., Ext., Baltimore,
Md. 21207 , ,^„„„ ^
Bowen Theodore R.; (M) District Superintendent; 10700 Georgia
Ave., Silver Spring, Md. 20906
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Hutchins, Joshua, Jr.; (M) Minister; 1700 Otis St., N. E., Washine-
ton, D. C. 20018
Mund, Allen W.; (E) Retired Business Exec; 702 E, Seminary Ave.,
Towson, Md. 21204
Winter, J. Britian; (E) Attorney; 7022 Bellona Ave., Baltimore, Md.
21212
Ross, Mrs. Martha.; (M) Rt. 1, Box 276, Dunkirk, Md. 20754
Stansbury, William B., Jr.; (M) Attorney; 135 Stevenson Lane, Bal-
timore, Md. 21212
Williams, Mrs. Beryl; (M) College Administrator; 4905 The Ale-
meda, Baltimore, Md. 21239
Palmer, Mrs. Jane; (M) Labor Representative; 119 St. Lawrence
Dr., Silver Spring, Md. 20901
Anderson, Hurst R.; (M) Retired University Pres.; 4616 Albermarle
St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20016
Shipley, James W.; (M) Engineer; Harmans, Maryland 21077
Danley, Samuel B.; (M) Manpower Consultant; 8008 16th St., N.W.,
Washington, D. C. 20012
Ewald, Edward L.; (M) Utilities Executive; 734 Fayette St., Cumber-
land, Md. 21502
Lutz, Robert W.; (E) Semi-retired Bookkeeper; 4808 Crowson Ave.,
Baltimore, Md. 21212
Anderson, Mrs. Georgia.; (M) Government Worker; 19 T. Street,
N.W., Washington, D. C. 20001
BENGAL (2) OS
Sec. D, Row 5, Seats 11-12
Mullick, Pravash R.; (M) (1) Minister; Central Methodist Church,
131 Dharamtala St., Calcutta 13, India
Marandi, Emmanuel; (M) (4) Director, Rural Development Project;
Theodori Mission, Maheshpur Raj, S. P., Bihar, India
Reserves
Lai, Mohan; (M) Minister; The Methodist Church, Gomoh, Bihar,
India
Marandih, Mrs. Sarala; (M) Pakur, S. P., Bihar, India
BOMBAY (2) OS
Sec. D, Row 16, Seats 10-11
Harris, Justin N.; (5) (M) District Superintendent; Robinson Memo-
rial 13, Sankli St., BycuUa, Bombay 8, India
Bengers, Vincent; (4) (M) Business Manager; Advani Chambers, Sir
Phirozshah Mehta Rd., Fort, Bombay 1, India
Reserves
Dass, John B.; (M) Minister; Centenary Methodist Church, Grant
Road, Bombay 7, India
Ratnam, Darsi J.; (M) Audit Accountant; Esso Eastern Inc., P. 0.
Box 11041, Bombay 20, BR. India
CALIFORNIA-NEVADA (14) W
Sec. B, Rows 5-6, Seats 6-12
Choy, Wilbur W.; (12) (M) District Superintendent; 1011 Park Hills
Rd., Berkeley, Ca. 94708
Thurman, Arthur V.; {2) (M) Conference Program Director; P. 0.
Box 467, San Francisco, Ca. 94101
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Moore, John V.; (11) (M) Campus Minister; 433 Russell Blvd.,
Davis, Ca. 95616
Hay ward, C. Douglas; (6) (M) Minister; P. 0. Box 4085, Stockton,
Ca. 95204
Bosrvell, Hamilton T.; (7) (M) Minister; 1975 Post St., San Fran-
cisco, Ca. 94115 , ... T^- ,
Broke, Clifford S.; (9) (M) District Superintendent; 1451 Birchwood
Lane, Sacramento, Ca. 95822 „ , , „r
Moon, Robert W.; (1) (M) Minister; 2391 St. Mark's Way, Sacra-
mento, Ca. 95825 „ ^ „
*Webber, Frank; (8) (M) Conference Treasurer; P. 0. Box 467,
San Francisco, Ca. 94101 ^ ^ „ .^„ o
Johnson, Richard O.; (3) (M) Student; P. 0. Box 467, San Francisco,
Catterall, Grace; (13) (M) Housewife; 5310 Callister St., Sacra-
mento, Ca. 95818 _ . ,,,„ T ^ T^
Brawn, Melvin; (5) (E) Electrical Engineer; 1149 Jamestown Dr.,
Sunnyvale, Ca. 94087 „..„., t. r^
Carroll, Olivia; (14) (M) Housewife; 3480 W. Alluvial, Fresno, Ca.
93705
Booth, Glenn 0.; (10) (M) Mfg. Rep.; 409 Bowen Ave., Modesto, Ca.
95350
Walker, J. Everett; (4) (M) Retired; 1073 E. 7th St., Chico, Ca.
95926
Reserves
Crummey, D. Clifford; (M) Church Executive; 83 McAllister St., San
Francisco, Ca. 94102 . . ■, ^ -.a.c w u ^a
Wright, Sargent J.; (M) District Superintendent; 1045 W. Harvard
Ave., Fresno, Ca. 93705 ^ ^ _ , .
Shaner Harry E.; (M) Executive Director Conference Endowment
Fund ; 3120 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley, Ca. 94705
Chinn, Harvey N.; (E) Minister; 3600 J St., Sacramento, Ca. 95816
Getty; Donald A.; m District Superintendent; 1128 Sycamore Ave.,
WaktLhyT'KTfm Minister; 330 Ellis St., San Francisco, Ca.
Snyd^er! Sydney; (M) Student; 3112 Mason Way, Modesto, Ca. 95350
Taylor, Jo; (M) Director of Methodist Actors; 1346 Palomar Circle,
Sacramento, Ca. 95822 ^„, ^ -, ^ ri„i,i„„^ Pa
Taylor, George C; (M) Physician; 974 Calmar Ave., Oakland, Ca.
Machado, Abel P.; (M) Public Accountant; 579 Page Ave., Los Banos,
Ca. 93635 „ ,^„ .^ „ nrnqc
Gross, Ben; (M) Student; 375 Hazen St., Milpita^, Ca. 95035
Winne, DoA W.; (M) State Attorney; 912 W. Telegraph St., Carson
City, Nevada 89707
CENTRAL ALABAMA (2) SE
Sec. C, Rows 16-17, Seat 12
^Hutchinson, Charles L.; (7) (M) Minister; 1008 5th St. West, Bir-
mingham, Alabama 35204 ..c v i- „ pj Troof
Adams, Quenton D.; (4) (M) Businessman; 415 Keeling Rd., E^ast
Gadsden, Alabama 35903
Reserves
None
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CENTRAL CONGO (2) OS
Sec. B, Row 8, Seats 7-8
Museu, Emile; (M) District Superintendent; E.M.C.C, B.P. 560,
Luluabourg, R.D.C.
Ukunda, Andre ; (M) Director of Primary School; E.M.C.C, B.P. 560,
Luluabourg, R.D.C.
Reserves
Ngongo, Daniel-, (M) Conference Treasurer; E.M.C.C, B.P. 560,
Luluabourg, R.D.C
Koi, Paul; (M) Nurse; E.M.C.C, B.P. 560, Luluabourg, R.D.C
CENTRAL ILLIONIS (20) NC
Sec. D, Rows 5-6, Seats 1-10
Moore, Eugene J.; (2) (E) District Superintendent; 417 Crestmore
Ave., E., Mattoon, 111. 61938
Nestler, Frank H.; (2) (M) District Superintendent; 1121 S. Walnut,
Springfield, 111. 62704
Loyd, Harold W.; (6) (M) Minister; 201 W. North St., Decatur,
111. 62522
Garrison, R. Benjamin; (11) (M) Minister; 1203 W. Green, Urbana,
111. 61803
Hess, Wayne C; (8) (E) Prog. Counselor, Prog. Council; 1211 N.
Park, Bloomington, 111. 61701
Thornburg, Robert W.; (3) (M) Minister; 116 N. E. Perry, Peoria,
111. 61603
Pitcher, Dale E.; (5) (M) Prog. Director, Prog. Council; 1211 N.
Park, Bloomington, 111. 61701
Unger, E. Paul; 6) (M) Minister; 814 Jersey Ave., Normal, 111,
61761
North, Jack B.; (14) (M) Minister; 210 W. Church St., Champaign,
111. 61820
White, James K.; (13) (M) District Superintendent; 1303 N. Clinton
Blvd., Bloomington, 111. 61701
*Bertholf, Lloyd M.; (4) (M) Retired University Pres.; 1228 Gettys-
burg Dr., Bloomington, 111. 61701
Hanna, Mrs. Ellen; (1) (M) Conf. Pres. WSCS; Little York, Illinois
61453
Tombaugh, Reid; (1) Farm Management; 555 W. Grove, Pontiac,
111. 61764
Gantz, Richard ; (7) (M) Farmer; Deland, Illinois 61839
Galbreath, Mrs. Charles; (13) (M) Housewife; 84 First South
Shores, Decatur, 111. 62526
Muller, Walter W.; (9) (E) Insurance Agency; 521 W. Westwood
Dr., Peoria, 111. 61614
Downie, Dr. Gerald; (10) (M) Physician; 310 S. Schuyler, Kankakee,
111. 60901
Reeves, Richard E.; (14) (M) Marketing Executive; 425 Karen Dr.,
Decatur. 111. 62526
Gurtner, Miss Charlotte; (3) (M) Program Counselor; 1211 N. Park
St., Bloomington, 111. 61701
Davis, Paul; (12) (M) TV-News Director; 44 Maple Court, Cham-
paign, 111. 61820
Reserves
Catlin, Dale; (E) Minister; 229 S. Douglas Ave., Springfield, 111.
62704
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Ekin, Floy J.; (M) District Superintendent; 902 Brown Ave., Gales-
burg, Illinois 61401
White, Joseph A.; (E) Minister; 400 W. Union, Bloomington, 111.
61701
McCleary, Paul F.; (M) Exec. Sec, Comm. on Structure Study; 3016
Peachgate Lane, Glenview, 111. 60025
Mcintosh, Burt A.; (M) Minister; 308 E. Main, Clinton, Illinois
61727
Coulter, H. Russell; (M) Exec. Sec, Preachers Aid Society; Rm. 402,
104 N. Water St., Decatur, Illinois 62522
Bear, Orval L.; (M) Asso. Exec. Sec, Bd. of Pensions & Preachers'
Aid; Rm. 402, 104 N. Water St., Decatur, Illinois 62522
Stolp, Richard L.; (M) District Superintendent; Box 3188, Peoria,
Illinois 61614
Canafax, Jackson; (M) Minister; 505 W. 7th, Peoria, Illinois 61605
Krech, Walter D.; (M) Minister; Rochester, Illinois 62563
Long, A. Lewis; (E) Retired Farmer; R. F. D. #4, Monmouth, 111.
61462
Leighton, Mrs. Woodrow; (E) Store Owner & Manager; 447 Locust,
Galesburg, 111. 61401
Bolinger, George; (M) Corporation Owner; 612 N. Broadway,
Shelbyville, 111. 62565
Sheldon, Mark; (M) Graduate Student; 204 E. Third, Pana, Il-
linois 62557
Rountree, Alvin; (M) Archivist, State Library; 2161 S. 19th, Spring-
field, 111. 62702
Fox, Miss Anna; (M) Real Estate Broker; 306 S. Chicago, Rossville,
111. 60963
Shuman, Charles W.; (M) Farmer; R. F. D. #1, Sullivan, 111. 61951
Hansen, John T. ; (deceased)
Grummon, Richard R.; (M) Lawyer; N. Cotton Hill Rd., Springfield,
111. 62707
Lindstrom, David; (M) Retired Professor; 202 W. Pennsylvania,
Urbana, 111. 61801
CENTRAL NEW YORK (8) NE
Sec. A, Rows 15-16, Seats 1-4
*McCune, Robert J.; (6) (M) District Superintendent; 711 Fassett
Rd., Elmira, N. Y. 14905
Homer, Robert L.; (2) (M) District Superintendent; 85 Maxwell
Ave., Geneva, N. Y. 14456
Swales, William R.; (13) (M) Minister; 148 E. Genesee St., Auburn,
N. Y. 13021
Odom, Warren G.; (3) (M) Conf. Program Director; 3049 E. Genesee
St., Syracuse, N. Y. 13224
Mann, Robert; (1) (M) Shop Foreman; R. D. 3, Dundee, N. Y. 14537
Darrow, Frederick M.; (deceased) .
Curtis, Mrs. Albert; (5) (M) Conf. WSCS president; Box 11, Fair
Haven, N. Y. 13064
Totten, Mrs. Howard; (7) (M) Housewife; 204 Washington St.,
Fayetteville, N. Y. 13066
Reserves
LeGro, James M.; (M) Minister; 303 S. Main St., Newark, N. Y.
Knight, John L.; (M) President, Wesley Theological Seminary; 4400
Mass. Ave., N.W., Washington, D. C. 20016
Stephenson, Sheldon B.; (M) Minister; 402 N. Aurora St., Ithaca,
N. Y. 14850
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Love, John L.; (M) Minister; Ten Eyck Ave., Cazenovia, N. Y. 13025
Betterly, Austin E.; (Deceased 7/5/1971)
Robinson, Mrs. Stanley C; (M) Vice. Pres. Conf. WSCS; 10 Rose-
wood Dr., Penn Yan, N. Y. 14527
McCune, Mrs. Robert J.; (M) Housewife; 711 Fassett Rd., Elmira,
N. Y. 14905
Forbes, Robert; (M) Florist; 509 Grace Ave., Newark, N. Y. 14513
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA (20) NE
Sec. D, Rows 13-14, Seats 1-10
*Shearer, Daniel L.; (2) (E) District Superintendent; 708 Hilltop
Dr., New Cumberland, Pa. 17070
Myers, Paul E.; (13) (M) District Superintendent; 2908 Union
Ave., Altoona, Pa. 16602
Woods, Willia7n F.; (10) (E) Minister; 600 S. Main St., Red Lion,
Pa. 17356
S-pringman, Thomas R.; (1) (E) Minister; 40 Conway, Carlisle, Pa
17013
Hopkins, Martin W.; (3) (M) Minister; 27 S. Kershaw St., York,
Pa. 17402
Cole, Calvin H.; (13) (E) Minister; 413 Bridge St., New Cumber-
land, Pa. 17070
Fetterman, Brian A.; (6) (M) Minister; 136 Stine Dr., Lewistown,
Pa. 17044
Howes, John B.; (6) (M) Seminary Professor; 3990 Langley Court
NW, Washington, D. C. 20015
Hoopert, Grantas E.\ (14) (M) Minister; 811 Market St., Williams-
port, Pa. 17701
Stambach, Arthur W.; (9) (E) Assoc. Director, Program Council-
212 Allendale Way, Camp Hill, Pa. 17011
Knupp, Robert E.; (5) (M) Lawyer; 1 Frances Dr., Harrisburg, Pa,
17113
Gilmore, Paul G.; (9) (E) Newspaper Editor; 800 First Ave., Wil-
liamsport, Pa. 17701
Edgar, Charles E.; (4) (M) Credit Manager; 3808 Bonnyview Rd
Harrisburg, Pa. 17109
Warner, Earl D.; (11) (E) Warners Dairy; 175 Linden Ave., Red
Lion, Pa. 17356
Ake, Mrs. Frank W.; (3) (M) Homemaker; 346 Market St., Blooms-
burg, Pa. 17815
Ritter, Ralph M.; (8) (E) Contractor; 321 N. 28th St., Camp Hill
Pa. 17011
Jacobs, Harry H., Jr.; (12) (E) Sheet Metal Worker; 2116 Hillside
Ave., Williamsport, Pa. 17701
Hopkins, Mrs. Thomas J.; (7) (M) Housewife; 457 Pine St., Williams-
port, Pa. 17701
Plummer, Kenneth H.; (4) (M) Contractor; 930 Leidig Dr., Cham-
bersburg. Pa. 17201
Marlow, H. Leroy; (10) (E) Asst. Dir. Contin. Ed.; 1620 S. Allen
St., State College, Pa. 16801
Reserves
Treese, Donald H.; (M) Minister; 2403 Eleventh St., Altoona, Pa.
16601
Fritchley, Newton H.; (M) Minister; 112 Mooreland, Carlisle, Pa.
17013
Kaufman, Gerald D.; (E) Minister; 420 W. South St., Carlisle, Pa.
17013
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Stambach, Paul E.; (E) Minister; 131 Center St., Mount Wolf, Pa.
17347
Simons, William B.; (M) Minister; 1300 Apple Dr., Mechanicsbur^,
Pa. 17055
Wagner, Gerald D.; (M) Minister; 414 W. King St., Shippensburg,
Pa. 17257
Kreidler, Clair C; (E) District Superintendent; 2836 Eastwood Dr.,
York, Pa. 17402
Shover, Donald R., Jr.; (E) Minister; 48 W. Main St., Lock Haven,
Pa. 17745
Higgins, D. Rayborn; (E) District Superintendent; 48 Wain St.,
Wellsboro, Pa. 16901
Law, James G.; (M) Carpet Manufacturer; 424 Market St., Blooms-
burg, Pa. 17815
Worthington, Mrs. Harley R.; (M) Retired School Teacher; 714
Elmira St., Williamsport, Pa. 17701
Meredith, Victor K., Sr.; (M) Retired; 346 Queen St., Northumber-
land, Pa. 17857
Myers, C. Ray; (E) Funeral Director; 501 Sixth St., Altoona, Pa.
16602
Page, Conrad M., Jr.; (E) Government Employee; R.F.D. #1, Etters,
Pa. 17319
Boyer, Samuel C; (E) Retail Jeweler; 41 Wilson St., Carlisle, Pa.
17013
Zimmerman, Richard P.; (E) R.F.D. #8, Chambersburg, Pa. 17201
Harpster, Dorothy; (M) College Professor; 259 Walnut St., Shippens-
burg, Pa. 17257
Girton, Paul K.; (M) Manufacturer; Millville, Pa. 17846
CENTRAL TEXAS (12) SC
Sec. A, Rows 22-23, Seats 7-12
Greenwaldt, William M.; (6) (M) Minister; Box 773, Temple, Texas
76501
Pumell, Eric C; (7) (M) Minister; 522 Missouri, Fort Worth, Tx.
76104
Dennis, Gordon; (3) (M) District Superintendent; Box 6296, Brown-
wood, Texas 76801
Howell, Maggart B.; (5) (M) Minister; 4200 Camp Bowie, Fort
Worth, Tx. 76107
Roberts, Sidney; (11) (M) Area Program Director; Box 8124, Dallas,
Texas 75205
Loyd, H. Brown; (8) (M) District Superintendent; Box 7740, Waco,
Texas 76710
*Grogan, Roy J.; (2) (M) Attorney; M. & F. Bank Bldg., Weather-
ford, Texas 76086
Walker, Morris D.; (4) (M) Business Executive; 5311 Timberwilde,
Fort Worth, Texas 76112
Bane, Mrs. W. V.; (9) (M) Pres., Conf. WSCS; Box 171, Cleburne,
Texas 76031
Wilson, Carroll; (13) (M) Pharmacist; 805 W. Oak, Olney, Texas
76374
Wonders, Dr. Alice; (14) (M) College Professor; 4512 Meadow-
brook, Fort Worth, Tex. 76103
Mahon, Eldon B.; (1) (M) Attorney; 4167 Sarita Dr., Fort Worth,
Tex. 76109
Reserves
Gallaway,Ira; (M) District Superintendent; 5105 Ederville Rd., Fori
Worth, Tx. 76112
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Meier, H. F., Jr.; (M) District Superintendent; Box 156, Waxahachie,
Tx., 75165
Bane, W. V.; (M) District Superintendent; Box 171, Cleburne, Texas
76031
Shuler, James E.; (M) Minister; 2201 E. Park Row, Arlington, Tx.
76010
Williams, L. Stanley; (M) District Superintendent; 800 W. Fifth,
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Carroll, B. F.; (M) Business Executive; 3821 Wharton, Fort Worth,
Tx. 76133
Steward, Jack, Jr.; (M) Contractor; Box 178, Waco, Texas 76703
Childress, Robert T., Jr.; (M) Consulting Engineer; 811 Colonial,
Cleburne, Tx. 76031
Kreitner, Mrs. H. L.; (M) Housewife; 409 Sunset Dr., Euless, Tx.
76039
Jud, Eugene F.; (M) GEO Administrator; 110 S. 12th, Waco, Texas
76701
COSTA RICA (2) OS
Sec. D, Rows 15-16, Seat 12
Palomo, Luis Fernando; (M) District Superintendent; Apartado 858,
San Jose, Costa Rica
Vargas, Roberto K.; (M) Accountant; Apartado 292, Alajuela, Costa
Rica
Reserves
Guevera, Alexis; (M) Minister; Apartado 9, Guadalupe, San Jose,
Costa Rica
Bermudez, Efrain; (M) Office worker; Iglesia Methodista, Villa
Neily, Costa Rica
CZECHOSLOVAKIA (2) OS
Sec. D, Row 3, Seats 11-12
*Schneeberger, Vilem; (1) (M) Superintendent; Praha 2, Jecna 19,
Czechoslovakia
Malac, Vlastislav; (13) (M) Research-worker; Praha 3, Klucinam 5,
Czechoslovakia
Reserves
Havek, Vaclav; (M) Minister; Mikulov Namor, Videnska 17, Czecho-
slovakia
Buresova, Mrs. Marta; (M) Retired lay preacher; Praha 1, Karoliny
Svetle 18, Czechoslovakia •
DELHI (2) OS
Sec. D, Row 15, Seats 10-11
Lai, James; (11) (M) Minister; Christ Church, 1 Butler Rd., Delhi 6,
India
Newton, C. D. S.; (13) (M) Railway Service; B-13/66 Dev Nagar,
Karol Bagh, New Delhi 5, India
Reserves
Dean, Benjamin F.; (M) District Superintendent; P. G. Box #28,
Methodist Church, Batala, Punjab, India
Townsley, Mrs. E. B.; (M) District Work; 4 Battery Lane, Delhi 6,
India
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DENMARK (2) OS
Sec. A, Row 3, Seats 11-12
*Carlsen, Eigil; (11) (M) District Superintendent; Bethesdagade,
4400 Kalundborg, Denmark
Johansen, Frede; (4) (M) Surgeon; Mollevej, Kvissel, 9900 Frederik-
shavn, Denmark
Reserves
Brandt, Frede; (M) District Superintendent; Vissingsgade, 7700
Vejie, Denmark
Bjerno, Henning; (M) Press Officer; Birketoften 7, 2890 Hareskov,
Denmark
Ramsing, Niels J.; (M) Manager; Faedresmindevej 19, 5000 Odense,
Denmark
DETROIT (18) NC
Sec. D, Rows 21-22-23, Seats 1-6
DeWitt, Jesse R.; (2) (M) Nat'l Div. Bd. of Missions; 475 Riverside
Dr., New York, N. Y. 10027
Bristah, James W.; (1) (M) District Superintendent; 8th Floor
Francis Palms BIdg., 2111 Woodward, Detroit, Mi. 48201
Cochran, James D.; (4) (M) District Superintendent; 8th Floor
Francis Palms Bldg., 2111 Woodward, Detroit, Mi. 48201
Lamh, Raymond R.; (6) (M) District Superintendent; P. 0. Box 367,
Marquette, Mi. 49855
Marvin, John E.; (11) (M) Editor, Michigan Christian Advocate; 316
Springbrook, Adrian, Mi 49221
Horton, Robert E.; (13) (E) Minister; 8506 Clinton River Dr., Ster-
ling Heights, Mi. 48087
Duncan, Edward L.; (5) (M) Minister; 206 E. Flint, Lake Orion,
Mi. 48035
Grenfell, John N., Jr.; (12) (M) Minister; 820 Lapeer St., Port
Huron, Mi. 48060
White, Woodie W.; (10) (M) Exec. Sec, Comm. on Rel. & Race;
100 Maryland Ave., N. E., Washington, D. C. 20002
*Ammerman, Carl R.; (2) (M) Township Supervisor; 1315 E. Mt.
Morris Rd., Mt. Morris, Michigan 48458
Norris, Irene; (7) (M) Pres. Conf. WSCS; 2024 Earlmont Rd., Berk-
ley, Mich. 48072
Karls, Harold M.; (1) (M) Banker; 20 Hammond Rd., Saginaw,
Mich. 48602
Spafford, Freda; (6) (E) Housewife; 22186 Nona, Dearborn, Michi-
gan 48124
Good, Mary; (8) (M) Research Chemist; 3128 Ewald, Detroit, Mich.
48238
Ragland, James; (3) (M) Camp Director; 8794 Lakeshore Dr., Rt. 1,
Jeddo, Mich. 48032
Hitchock, William C; (4) (M) Real Estate; 22200 John R., Hazel
Park, Mich. 48030
Bright, William E.; (14) (M) City Councilman; 306 LaBelle, High-
land Park, Mich. 48203
Thompson, Lionel; (9) (M) Businessman; 2961 McGill St., Marietta,
Mich. 48453
Reserves
Kellerman, Garfield H., Jr.; (E) District Superintendent; 1717 Mont-
clair, Flint, Mich. 48503
Mulder, John W.; (M) Area Admin. Asst.; 8th Floor Francis Palms
Bldg., 2111 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich. 48201
The United Methodist Church 39
Smith, Norbert W.; (M) Minister; 4790 Gratiot, Saginaw, Mich.
48603
Vosburg, Frederick C; (M) Minister; 22124 Garrison, Dearborn,
Mich. 49124
Ward, Robert P.; (M) Minister; 225 W. Court St., Flint, Mich. 48503
McCallum, Marvin H.; (M) Minister; 33 E. Burdick, Oxford, Mich.
48051
Jury, John S.; (M) District Superintendent; Box 34, Ann Arbor,
Mich. 48107
Smoot, Jewell M.; (M) Conference Treasurer; 8th Floor Francis
Palms Bldg., 2111 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich. 48201
Parrish, John W.; (M) Minister; 16801 Schoolcraft, Detroit, Mich.
48227
Robinson, William T.; (M) Urban Missioner; 8th Floor Francis
Palms Bldg., 2111 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich. 48201
Lindberg, Kenneth D.; (M) Supt. of Schools; 548 Duncan St., Ishpe-
ming, Mich. 49849
Coffin, Allen; (M) Real Estate; 30214 Underwood, Warren, Mich.
48092
Haist, Willard P.; (E) Dentist; 120 James St., Pigeon, Mich. 48775
Rae, Daisy; (M) Housewife; 2326 Raskob, Flint, Mich. 48504
Chairer, Jane; (M) Housewife; 50 N. Parker, Dexter, Mich. 48130
Love, Grace; (M) Housewife; 2960 Cedar Lake Rd., Howell, Mich.
48843
Ward, Irma H.; (M) Housewife; 170 E. Main, Milan, Mich. 48160
Crippen, James A.; (M) Attorney; 911 Robbin Rd., Ann Arbor, Mich.
48103
Middleton, Wayne B.; (E) Bell Telephone Supervisor; 7612 Amboy
Rd., Dearborn Heights, Michigan 48127
Griffith, Evelyn; (M) Housewife; 1201 S. Renaud, Grosse Pointe
Woods, Michigan 48236
EAST CHINA (2) OS
No delegates elected
EAST OHIO (26) NC
Sec. B, Rows 9-10, Seats 1-12
Sec. B, Row 8, Seats 11-12
Kelley, Robert W.; (6) (M) Minister; 1117 E. 105th St., Cleveland,
Ohio 44108
Tolbert, Robert J.; (6) (M) Minister; 525 Wooster Ave., Akron, Ohio
44307
Hulit, Kenneth W.; (2) (E) Director Program Council; 1300 S. Main
St., North Canton, Ohio 44720
Cromwell, Thomas L.; (13) (M) Minister; 243 N. Market St.,
Wooster, Ohio 44691
*Brandyberry, Abraham L.; (13) (E) Minister; 2521 12th St., N. W.,
Canton, Ohio 44708
Courtney, Robert H.; (5) (M) Assoc, Program Council; 1300 S. Main
St., North Canton, Ohio 44720
Nees, Forrest G.; (11) (M) District Superintendent; 30 West Front
St., Youngstown, Ohio 44503
Nelson, J. R.; (3) (M) Seminary Professor; 745 Commonwealth Ave.,
Boston, Mass. 02215
Dailey, Charles M.; (3) (M) Minister; 702 Main St., Wintersville,
Ohio 43952
Wagner, Blake D.; (5) (E) Minister; 771 E. 260th St., Euclid, Ohio
44132
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Myers, Calvin R.; (14) (M) Minister; Seminary at Spring Sts.,
Berea, Ohio 44017
Eberly, Edwin P.; (8) (E) District Superintendent; 345 Market
St., N., Rm. 202, Wooster, Ohio 44691
Mayer, Paul O.; (7) (M) Assoc. Program Council; 8276 Lindberg
Blvd., Berea, Ohio 44017
Cooke, Mrs. Monroe; (1) (M) Housewife; 13060 Forest Rd., R. D. #2,
Burton, Ohio 44021
Moore, Thomas P.; (4) (E) Gen'l Mgr. Broadcasting; Box 789,
Bucyrus, Ohio 44820
Chittum, John; (9) (M) College Professor; 722 N. Bever St., Woo-
ster, Ohio 44691
Glasgow, Francis M.; (4) (M) 3755 Martha Rd., Kent, Ohio 44240
Hayes, Melvin; (10) (E) Conference Statistician; 662 Shook Rd.,
Akron, Ohio 44319
Lang, Francis; (7) (M) Lawyer-Banker; Box 103, Highland Colony,
E. Liverpool, Ohio 43920
O'Hara, Delmar T.; (12) (M) Lawyer; 125 Third St., Wellsville,
Ohio 43968
Achberger, Mrs. Clarence E.; (11) (M) Housewife; 900 E. Chestnut
St., Ext., Mt. Vernon, Ohio 43050
Robinson, Albert; (1) (M) Steel Worker; 861 Fairfax St., Youngs-
town, Ohio 44505
Bonds, Alfred B.; (2) (M) College President; Baldwin-Wallace Col-
lege, Berea, Ohio 44017
White, Leonard; (9) (M) Dir. Educational Service Center; 428 Ellen
Ave., S. W., New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663
Clymer, Merritt; (8) (E) Life Insurance Mgr.; 508 Glenwood Ave.,
North Canton, Ohio 44220
Boyer, Gene; (10) (E) Store Owner; 304 N. Turner Rd., Youngstown,
Ohio 44515
Reserves
Kirk, Arthur R.; (M) Minister; 53 Clyde Ave., New London, Ohio
44851
Brown, Gladstone L.; (M) District Superintendent; 705 Hanna Bldg.,
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Zagray, Allan H.; (E) Minister; 6535 Manchester Rd., Akron, Ohio
44319
Hamilton, Charles W.; (M) Minister; 312 Third St., Elyria, Ohio
44035
Mayer, Theodore C; (M) District Superintendent; 164 S. Union St.,
Akron, Ohio 44301
Ralph, Janis S.; (M) Minister; 347 W. Miller Ave., Akron, Ohio
44301
Burge, Donald; (M) District Superintendent; 217 N. Broadway, Box
427, Barnesville, Ohio 43713
Hogg, William K.; (M) Minister; 65 Public Square, Brecksville, Ohio
44141
Gray, Ralph M.; (M) Minister; Caledonia & Winsford Rds., Cleve-
land, Ohio 44112
Corl, Daniel D.; (E) District Superintendent; 378 Park Ave., W.,
Mansfield, Ohio 44906
Wiant, Howard J.; (M) Minister; 120 Cleveland Ave., S. W., Canton,
Ohio 44702
Hahn, Robert J.; (E) Minister; 784 Coburn St., Akron, Ohio 44311
Walton, Donald W.; (M) Minister; 705 Hanna Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio
44115
Drake, M. R.; (M) Minister; 19414 Detroit Rd., Rocky River, Ohio
44116
The United Methodist Church 41
Maibach, Paul; (E) Sterling, Ohio 44276
Taylor, Jack; (M) Home Administrator; 807 West Avenue, Elvria.
Ohio 44035
Dammann, Mrs. Chester; (M) Housewife; 182 Renwick Dr., Poland,
Ohio 44514
Mitchell, Mrs. B. V.; (M) Housewife; 1585 S. Main St., Clyde, Ohio
43410
Clary, Mrs. Irvin; (E) Housewife; Route #2, Bucyrus, Ohio 44820
Lanier, Anna E.; (M) Housewife; 2220 27th St., Cuyahoga Falls,
Ohio 44223
Dunlap, Mrs. William F.; (M) Housewife; 129 Forest View Dr.,
Wintersville, Ohio 43953
Archer, John; (M) Retired; 3853 Lincoln, Shadyside, Ohio 43947
Knight, David; (M) College Professor; Ashland College, Ashland,
Ohio 44805
Williams John R.; (M) Lawyer; 1257 French, Lakewood, Ohio 44107
Hanlin, William; (E) Automobile Dealer; East Springfield, Ohio
43925
Collins, Christopher J.; (M) Mgr. Printing Plant; 3715 Cypress Ave.,
Cleveland, Ohio 44107
Graber, Robert L.; (M) President, Graber Mills, Inc.; 2914 Acacia
Dr., N. W., Canton, Ohio 44718
Forni, Roy; (M) Retired; 508 S. Third St., Martins Ferry, Ohio
44393
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA (16) NE
Sec. B, Rows 20-21, Seats 1-8
Hostetter, Mark J.; (2) (E) District Superintendent; 1992 Park
Plaza, Lancaster, Pa. 17601
Walley, F. Lewis; (6) (M) Conference Program Director; 1956
Adams Ave., Abington, Pa. 19001
Ellis, Edwin L.; (1) (M) Minister; 252 Congress Ave., Lansdowne,
Pa. 19050
Zehner, Henry W.; (10) (E) District Superintendent; 9650 Pine Rd.,
Philadelphia, Pa. 19115
Bashore, George W.; (5) (E) Minister; 2305 Laurel Rd. Whitefield,
Reading, Pa. 19609
Nichols, Henry H.; (9) (M) Minister; 328 W, Earlham Terrace,
Philadelphia, Pa. 19144
Mentzer, Warren F.; (11) (E) District Superintendent; Lancaster
Ave., Mt. Gretna, Pa. 17064
Buttimer, Thomas A.; (6) (M) District Superintendent; 607 Runny-
mede Ave., Jenkintown, Pa. 19046
Daugherty, Ruth M.; (13) (E) Housewife; 803 S. 12th St., Lebanon,
Pa. 17042
Dodge, Carlton S.; (3) (E) College Alumni Director; 817 Floret,
Riverview Park, Reading, Pa. 19605
Shroyer, Lawton W.; (4) (E) Dress Manufacturer; 515 Dewart St.,
Shamokin, Pa. 17872
*Harper, John R.; (14) (M) V. P. The Pardee Co.; 7508 Brookfield
Rd., Philadelphia, Pa. 19126
Quickel, Harold H.; (8) (E) Purchasing Agent, Hamilton Watch
Co. ; 128 Atkins Avenue, Lancaster, Pa. 17603
Jason, William C. Jr.; (12) (M) Retired; 614 N. 56th St., Philadel-
phia, Pa. 19131
Barto, Reta S.; (7) (M) Housewife; 123 W. 46th St., Reading, Pa,
19606
Lightner, A. LeRoy; (2) (M) V. P. Advertising Agency; 411 N.
Church St., West Chester, Pa. 19380
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Reserves
Longenecker, Robert P.; (E) Minister; 50 College Ave., Annville, Pa.
17003
Flood, Harold D.; (M) Minister; 335 Price St., West Chester, Pa.
19380
Cherry, William T.; (M) Minister; 497 Darby-Paoli Rd., Paoli, Pa.
19301
Corbett, James D.; (E) Minister; 106 E. Sunbury St., Shamokin, Pa.
17872
Kulp, John C; (M) District Superintendent; 12 Farwood Rd., Phila-
delphia, Pa. 19151
Daugherty, Robert M.; (E) Minister; 803 S. 12th St., Lebanon, Pa.
17042
Hippel, George N.; (M) Dir. of Miss. & Church Ext.; 209 Rodney Cir-
cle, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 19010
Loesch, Warren A.; (E) Dir. Advance Specials Gen. Bd. of Missions;
37 Brunswick Rd., Montclair, New Jersey 07042
Kerr, Charles S.; (M) Minister; 1285 Hillside Dr., Lancaster, Pa.
17603
Ranch, Ezra H.; (E) Coordinator of Adult Ministries; 6142 Wayne
Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 19144
Luff, William G.; (M) Conference Treasurer; 1701 Arch St., Phila-
delphia, Pa. 19103
Knisely, Roger M.; (E) C. P. A.; 204 Elm St., Annville, Pa. 17003
Hostetter, Russell R.; (E) Painting Contractor; 2400 Mifflin St.,
Lebanon, Pa. 17042
Weaver, Dorothy S.; (E) Housewife; 529 5th Ave., Denver, Pa.
17517
Johnson, Elizabeth A.; (M) Housewife; 120 Lafayette Ave., Oreland,
Pa. 19075
Herr, Helen C; (M) Housewife; 210 Martroy Lane, Wallingford,
Pa. 19084
Quickel, Olive; (E) Housewife; 128 Atkins Ave., Lancaster, Pa. 17603
Heck, J. Holland; (M) Retired; Cornwall Manor, Cornwall, Pa. 17016
Hoffer, Paul F.; (E) Merchant; 138 E. Frederick St., Millersville, Pa.
17551
Hudson, Mary A.; (M) Housewife; 54 N. 54th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
19139
FLORIDA (26) SE
Sec. A, Rows 9-10, Seats 1-12
Sec. A, Row 8, Seats 11-12
*Foster, George A.; (14) (M) Minister; Box 1086, Tallahassee, Flori-
da 32302
Blackburn, Robert M.; (2) (M) Minister; 42 E. Jackson St., Orlando,
Fl. 32801
Zimmerman, Eugene M.; (13) (M) District Superintendent; Box
8745, Orlando, Fl. 32806
Huston, Ralph B.; (6) (M) District Superintendent; Box 2625, Lake-
land, Fl. 33803
Williams, John BF ; Deceased 9-8-71
Hedberg, Al A.; (7) (M) Minister; Box 1138, St. Petersburg, Fl.
33731
Cleveland, Millard C; (10) (M) Minister; 100 SE Second Ave., Ft.
Lauderdale, Fl. 33301 ^^ _.,. ^ ., „ ,
Obaugh, William R.; (4) (E) Minister; 9625 N. Military Trail, Palm
Beach Gardens, Fl. 33403 ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^. . ^,
Knox, James L.; (1) (M) Minister; 1800 SW 15th St., Miami, Fl.
33145
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Rooks, John J.; (8) (M) Minister; Box 819, Winter Park, Fl. 32789
Bozeman, W. Scott; (3) (M) Minister; 411 W. Turner St., Clear-
water, Fl. 33516
Rtitland, Walter B.; (9) (M) District Superintendent; Box 815, De-
land, Fl. 32720
Kalaf, Walter N.; (11) (M) Minister; 3723 Bay to Bay, Tampa, Fl.
33609
Meadows, William A.; (5) (M) Attorney; Box 516, Kendall, Fl. 33516
Moore, Richard V.; (3) (M) College President; Bethune Cookman
College, Daytona Beach, Florida 32015
Revels, Percy B.; (1) (M) Circuit Judge; Drawer 250, Palatka, Fl.
32077
Watson, Mrs. Olive E.; (4) (M) Pres., Conf. WSCS; Box 96, Wild-
wood, Fl. 32785
Fanning, O.B.; (9) (M) Conf. Pub. Rel.; 1015 S. Miss Ave., Lakeland,
Fl. 33803
Gray, Mrs. Ethel M.; (7) (M) Farmer; Box 36, Hastings, Florida
32045
Babcock, Charles I.; (11) (M) Gen. Contractor; 1020 Alfonso Ave.,
Coral Gables, Florida 33145
Mann, Robert T.; (12) (M) Judge, Dist. Ct. of Appeal; Box 327,
Lakeland, Florida 33802
Redstone, Ray L.; (2) (M) Asst. Postmaster; 2148 33rd Ave., Vero
Beach, Fl. 32960
Hughlett, William S.; (10) (M) Retired Medical Miss'y; 809 Indian
River Dr., Cocoa, Florida 32922
Blackburn, Alfred B.; (13) (M) Attorney; 912 Am. Heritage Life
Bldg., Jacksonville, Fl. 32202
Weems, Mrs. H. V.; (6) (M) Homemaker; 160 S. Lakeview Dr.,
Sebring, Fl. 33870
Gentry, Edd W.; (8) (M) Executive; 2205 Mulberry Blvd., Tallahas-
see, Florida 32302
Reserves
McDonell, C. Durward; (5) (M) Minister; 127 NE 4th St., Miami,
Fl. 33132
Roughton, William W.; (M) District Superintendent; 2226 NW 2nd
Ave., Gainesville, Fl. 32601
Hamilton, Charles P.; (M) District Superintendent; Box 38, Saraso-
ta, Fl. 33578
Buell, Harold E.; (M) District Superintendent; Box 2097, Miami
Beach, Fl. 33140
Head, Lewis N.\ (M) District Superintendent; 2935 Washington Rd.,
West Palm Beach, Florida 33405
Alle^J, Raymond A.; (M) Minister; 3803 Haines Rd., N., St. Peters-
burg, Florida 33703
Howe, GaijlonL.; (M) District Superintendent; Box 7307, St. Peters-
burg, Fl. 33734
Mackay, Donald M.; (M) Minister; 5400 Seminole Blvd., Seminole, Fl.
33540
West, C. Eugene; (M) Minister; 1400 University Blvd., N., Jackson-
ville, Fl. 32211
Ware, H. Melton; (M) AC Program Director; Box 70, Lakeland,
Fl. 33802
Steger, Clarence D.; (M) Minister; Box 10249, St. Petersburg, Fl.
33733
Gibbs, Marion M.; (M) District Superintentent; 225 E. Duval St.,
Jacksonville, Fl. 32202
Gallotvay, Henry G.; (M) Minister; 7600 SW 104th St., Miami, Fl.
33156
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Boggs, Robert C; (M) District Superintendent; 2502 Morrison Ave.,
Tampa, Fl. 33609
Bledsoe, Robert D.; (M) Minister; 1126 E. Silver Spgs. Blvd., Ocala,
Fl. 32670
Burney, Harry L., Jr.; (M) Administrative Asst. ; Bethune Cookman
College, Daytona Beach, Florida 32015
Jones, James I.; (M) Executive Vice Pres.; 90 NW 107 St., Miami
Shores, Fl. 33168
Sargeant, John B.; (M) Dairyman; Box 17, Lakeland, Fl. 33802
Goodwin, Miss Edith M.; (M) Director of Christian Ed.; 7600 SW
104 St., Miami, Fl. 33156
Tisdale, Mrs. Inez S.; (M) Retired Accountant; 501 N. Ocean St.,
Apt. 1501, Jacksonville, Florida 32202
Crist, Mrs. Dollie L. ; (M) Homemaker; 450 Seabreeze Dr., Indialan-
tic, Fl. 32903
Pinesett, Patricia S.; (M) Conf. Vice. Pres. WSCS; 3239 Mahalia PI.,
Lake Mann Est., Orlando, Fl. 32805
Pearce, Richard W.; (M) College Vice President; 130 Lake Hollings-
worth Dr., Lakeland, Florida 33803
Johnson, Cubell A.; (M) Homemaker; Box 5064, Orlando, Fl. 32805
Grant, John A., Jr.; (E) Attorney; 10025 Orange Grove Dr., Tampa,
Fl. 33618
Morris, John E.; (M) Attorney; 301 E. Las Olas Blvd., Ft. Lauder-
dale, Florida 33301
Gold, Glenn W.; (M) Retired; 1525 SW 12th St., Miami, Fl. 33135
Kelso, Earl F,; (M) Retired Oil Corp.; 2714 Valencia Dr., Sarasota,
Fl. 33579
Banks, Mrs. Henrine W.; (M) College Dean; 125 N. Keech, Daytona
Beach, Fl. 32015
Wilcox, Mrs. Barbara B.; (M) Dental Assistant; 3355 Bowers Lane,
Jacksonville, Florida 32217
FOOCHOW (2) OS
No delegates elected
GEORGIA (2) SE
Sec. D, Rows 3-4, Seat 1
*Epj}s, Anderson C; (6) (M) Minister; 108 Burbank Dr., S. W.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30314
Wilson, T. R.; (4) (M) Carpenter; 5400 Cascade Rd., S. W., Atlanta,
Georgia 30310
Reserves
Henderson, Cornelius L.; (M) Bd. of Evangelism Staff; 1908 Grand
Ave., Nashville, Tenn. 37212 ... -o ^ -o • *
Jackson, James L; (M) Civil Service; 1229 Calhoun St., East Pomt,
Ga. 30344
ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF GERMAN DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC (4) OS
Sec. B, Row 22, Seats 1-4
*Havemann, Gerhard; (13) (E) District Superintendent; DDR 1034
Berlin, Gubenerstr. 23, Germany . . j . T^T^T> a^ a «
Gotz, Herbert; (6) (M) District Superintendent; DDR 94 Ave,
Sc'hneebergerstr. 85, Germany ^^ r. . ■> ^ t a u ,,
Enke, Karl-Heinz; (5) (E) Doctor; DDR 25 Postock 1, In der Hasen-
bak 2 DDR, Germany
The United Methodist Church 45
Schneidereit, Harry; (1) (M) DDR 110 Berlin, Breitestrasse 24
DDR, Germany
Reserves
Langer, Horst; (E) Minister; DDR 89 Gorlitz, Herbert Balyer— Str.
7, Germany
Riedel, Gerhard; (M) Minister; DDR 75 Cottbus, Verchow— Str. 41,
Germany
Schlechte, Erhard; (E) Professor; DDR 703 Leipzig, An der Tabaks-
miihle 50, Germany
Schroder, Harry; (M) DDR 927 Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Lutherstrasse
6, Germany
GUJARAT (2) OS
Sec. B, Row 17, Seats 11-12
Chawhan, Jayanand I.; (M) Secretary, Bible Society; Canaan, Near
Khadayata Colony, Ellis Bridge, Ahmedabad-6 India
Chitnis, Vinubhai W. ; (M) Building Contractor; Chitnis Bhuvan,
Mission Road, Nadiad, Kaira Dist., India
Reserves
Master, Ithiel V.; (M) Director, Lay Training Centre; Methodist
Church, Vasad, Kaira Dist., India
Rathod, Raijibhai M.; (M) District Superintendent; Methodist
Church, Maninagar, Ahmedabad-8, India
Singh, Joseph B.; (M) District Superintendent; Fateh Ganj, Baroda-
2, India
Bauman, David B.; (M) District Superintendent; Methodist Mission,
Godhra, Ranch Mahals, India
Christian, Samson T.; (M) Executive; Fateh Ganj, Baroda-2, India
Parmar, Rameshchandra E.; (M) Advocate; Mayur Kunj, Godhra,
Ranch Mahals, India
Chavirhan, Samuel K.; (M) Office Superintendent; Fellowship Society,
Rakhial Road, Ahmedabad-21, India
HINGHWA (2) OS
No delegates elected
HOLSTON (18) SE
Sec. D, Rows 17-18, Seats 1-9
* Stokes, Mack B.; (6) (M) Dean, Candler; Emory University, Cand-
ler School of Theology, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
White, Raymon E.; (13) (M) District Superintendent; Box 1064,
Johnson City, Tenn. 37601
Wilcox, Robert L; (1) (M) Minister; Box 1303, Knoxville, Tenn.
37901
Eldridge, Edgar A.; (3) (M) Minister; Box 511, Bristol, Va. 24201
Lundy, Robert F.; (11) (M) Exec. Sec. S. E. Jurisdiction; 159 For-
rest Ave., N. E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Robbins, Wilmer B.; (8) (M) Minister; First United Methodist
Church, Marion, Virginia 24354
Naff, George E.; (7) (M) District Superintendent; 1752 Old Niles
Ferry Rd., Maryville, Tenn. 37801
McCartt, James S.; (5) (M) Minister; Box 473, Maryville, Tenn.
37801
Settle, Frank A.; (14) (M) Exec. Sec. Program Council; Box 1178,
Johnson City, Tenn. 37601
Steffner, John E., Sr.; (4) (M) Corporation Officer; 4301 Evergreen
Dr., Chattanooga, Tenn. 37411
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Ragsdale, Mrs. J. B.; (13) (M) Homemaker; 605 Talley Rd., Chatta-
nooga, Tenn. 37411
Smith, Holiday; (2) (M) Dept. Supt. Tenn. Eastman; 1105 Watauga
St., Kingsport, Tenn. 37660
Lundy, John T.; (7) (M) Assoc. Sec. Conf. Prog. Council; P. 0.
Box 1178, Johnson City, Tenn. 37601
Wilson, Frank S.; (1) (M) Judge; 103 Stratford Lane, Signal Mtn.,
Tenn. 37377
Prigmore, L. T.; (5) (M) Textile Mfg.; Hill Drive, Lupton City,
Tenn. 37351
Lusby, L. D.; (9) (E) Supervisor, E. Tenn. Pack.; Rt. 6, Perry Rd.,
Knoxville, Tenn. 37914
Long, Carroll H.; (10) (M) Surgeon; 107 W. Fairview Ave., John-
son City, Tenn. 37601
Entler, Fred P.; (12) (M) Alumni Director, E & H College; Emory
& Henry College, Emory, Va. 24327
Reserves
Smith, J. Castro; (E) District Superintendent; Box 1592, Morristown,
Tenn. 37813
Timberlake, Richard H.; (M) Minister; 617 Gilbert St., Alcoa, Tenn.
37701
Steele, William S.; (M) District Superintendent; Box 548, Wytheville,
Va. 24382
Varnell, Sam N.; (M) Minister; 3316 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, Tenn.
37919
St. Clair, Ben B.; (M) Minister; Box 567, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 37830
Chilcote, Thomas F.; (M) Minister; Box 1346, Kingsport, Tenn. 37662
Jones, Major J.; (M) President, Gammon Theological Seminary; 653
Beckwith St., S. W., Atlanta, Ga. 30314
Goodgame, Gordon C; (M) Minister; Box 1025, Kingston, Tenn. 37763
Hankins, James E.; (M) District Superintendent; Box 82, Cleveland,
Tenn. 37311
Ripley, John E; (M) Minister; 5613 Oak Ridge Hwy., Knoxville,
Tenn. 37921
Hutchins, Charles A.; (M) Director, Social Service; Box 188, Green-
ville, Tenn. 37743
Armentrout, Olin; (M) RFD Carrier; Mill Park Farm, Max Mead-
ows, Va. 24360
Franks, James S.; (M) Manager, Electric Co.; Newport Utilities,
Newport, Tenn. 37821
Troy, Mrs. Olin H.; (M) Homemaker; 4411 Drummond Dr., Chat-
tanooga, Tenn. 37411
Russell, Mrs. H. M.; (M) Homemaker; Box 388, Loudon, Tenn. 37774
Yeatts, Earnest; (M) Game Warden Supt.; Meadowview, Virginia
24361
Neely, Sam H., Jr.; (M) Laundry Owner; Spruce St., Norton, Va.
24273
Oliphant, George W.; (M) Engineer, Union Carbide; 106 Wendover
Circle, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 37830
Lay, Gerald W.; (M) Engineer, Union Carbide; 1107 Scott Rd.,
Kingston, Tenn. 37763
Womack, Mark; (M) Transportation Training & Rules Examiner, L.
&. N R. R. Co.; 3229 Westonia Drive, Chattanooga, Tenn. 37412
HYDERABAD (2) OS
Sec. D, Row 20, Seats 7-8
Peter, M. Elia; (7) (M) Ed. Secretary, Council of Christian Educa-
tion, U.M.C.S.A.; 3 Wesley Road, Jabalpur-M.P., India
The United Methodist Church 47
Vijendra Kumar, Maddala R.; (4) (M) Accountant; 3-5-867 Hyder-
guda, Hyderabad-1, A. P. India
Reserves
George, Anchiila T.; (M) District Superintendent; Methodist Church,
Vikarabad- A. P., India
Gladstone, Herbert S.; (M) Principal; King Kotti Rd., Hyderabad,
A. P., India
Moses, Kollur V.; (M) Patron Correspondent; Methodist Boys' High
School, King Kotti Road, Hyderabad A. P., India
David, Shanthappa V.; (M) Contractor; Shakamushka Dharga,
Nampalli, Hyderabad, A. P., India
IOWA (26) NC
Sec. B, Rows 22-23, Seats 6-12
Sec. C, Rows 22-23, Seats 1-6
*Baskerville, M. Trevor; (8) (M) District Superintendent; 26 Lake-
view Dr., Mason City, Iowa 50401
Wilken, Alferd E.; (6) (E) District Superintendent; 610 27th St.,
Sioux City, Iowa 51104
Nichols, Frank A.; (6) (M) District Superintendent; 320 S. Park
St., Creston, Iowa 50801
Showmaker, Wayne E.; (2) (M) Director, Program Council; 1019
Chestnut St., Des Moines, la. 50309
Garrett, C. Dendy; (3) (M) District Superintendent; 2215 Evelyn
St., Perry, la. 50220
Moore, Lester L.; (1) (M) Minister; 605 Grove Ave., Corning, la.
50841
Pfaltzgraff, Richard C; (13) (E) Inner City Parish; 3929 38th St.,
Des Moines, la. 50310
Hann, Paid M.; (9) (M) Minister; 1001 Pleasant St., Des Moines,
la. 50309
Dodder, Robert T.; (7) (M) District Superintendent; 120 Zenith Dr.,
Council Bluffs, la. 51501
Carver, Donald L.; (14) (M) Minister; 3220 Terrace Dr., Cedar Falls,
la. 50613
Moore, LeRoy W.; (11) (M) Minister; 3600 75th, Des Moines, la.
50322
Metcalf, Kenneth E.; (5) (M) Minister; 109 East 14th, Davenport,
la. 52803
Latta, Lloyd A.; (10) (M) Minister; 1002 First Ave. N., Fort Dodge,
la. 50501
Long, Maurice K. ; (4) (M) Businessman; Harper Brush Works,
Fairfield, la. 52556
Yaggy, Mrs. William H.; (13) (M) Conf. President WSCS; 1914
40th St., Des Moines, la. 50310
Sears, Mrs. Edward E.; (7) (M) Vice-Pres. Women's Div., Bd. of
Missions; 224 18th St. SE, Cedar Rapids, la. 52406
Applegate, William P.; (11) (M) Maintenance Engineer; Friendship
Haven, Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501
Shearer, Paul V.; (2) (M) Attorney; 225 W. Main, Washington, la.
52353
Armstrong, Mrs. Robert; (3) (M) Housewife; 370 34th St. SE, Cedar
Rapids. la. 52403
Kerber, Phil; (1) (M) Businessman; N. Madison, Emmetsburg, la.
50536
Faust, Carl W.; (5) (E) Retired Farmer; 305 S. Illinois, Hubbard,
la. 50122
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Kreager, Max W.; (9) (M) Businessman; 418 N. 6th Ave. E, New-
ton, la. 50208
Hoover, J. Jeffrey; (14) (M) Student; Rudd, la. 50471
Braun, Mrs. Paul; (10) (E) Housewife; 311 Ivanhoe Rd., Waterloo,
la. 50701
Brown, Rainsford A.; (8) (M) Businessman; P. O. Box "S", Betten-
dorf , la. 52722
Mannasmith, Dr. Clarence H.; (12) (M) Veterinarian; 706 Cool-
baugh, Red Oak, Iowa 51566
Reserves
Kennedy, Stanley C; (M) Minister; 1112 Vine St., Waterloo, la.
50703
Whitenack, Weldon A.; (M) District Superintendent; 920 Robin
Rd., Muscatine, la. 52761
Russell, Roger E.; (M) District Superintendent; 1019 Chestnut St.,
Des Moines, la. 50309
Boulton, Edwin C; (M) District Superintendent; 3475 Crestwood Dr.,
Dubuque, la. 52001
Kamm, Wayne K.; (M) Minister; Box 125, Plainfield, la. 50666
Shopshire, James E.; (M) School; Garrett Theological Seminary,
Evanston, Hlinois 60201
Campney, Arthur B.; (M) Minister; 501 E. 19th, Newton, la. 50208
Miller, William T.; (M) Minister; 7th & Arden St., Boone, la. 50036
Parrott, Glenn R.; (M) Minister; 720 Grand Ave., West Des Moines,
la. 50265
Dowd, John A.; (E) Minister; Hiways 20 & 140, Moville, la. 51039
Crandall, J. Roland; (M) District Superintendent; 408 Bryan Rd.,
Ottumwa, la. 52501
Strey feller, David E.; (M) Minister; 1400 Bremer Ave., Waverly,
la. 50677
Deaver, Leonard E.; (E) District Superintendent; 607 Third Ave.
SW, Mt. Vernon, la. 52314
Wilcox, Wilbur F.; (M) Minister; 2622 Lincoln Way, Ames, la. 50010
Butler, David J.; (M) Attorney; 131/2 S. Federal, Mason City, la.
50401
Parker, Clarence E.; (M) Treasurer, Friendship Haven; 1310 S. 21st
St., Ft. Dodge, la. 50501
Ritter, Edwin; (M) Businessman; 1003 N. Chestnut, Creston, la.
50831
Williams, Paul G.; (M) Farmer; Villisca, la. 50864
Hoover, Mrs. Robert J.; (M) Housewife; Dike, Iowa 50624
Young, Harry E.; (M) Businessman; 11 E. Line Rd., Oelwein, la.
50622
DeHaan, Dr. Fred; (M) Dentist; Osceola, Iowa 50213
McCracken, Edgar W.; (M) Businessman; 408 Hampden St., Sioux
City, la. 51104
Marty, Dr. Wayne; (E) Professor; Route 2, LeMars, la. 50131
Underbill, Mrs. Lee; (M) Housewife; 3453 Glencove Lane, Dubuque,
la. 52001
Sears, Miss Nancy L.; (M) Student; Route #2, Fontanelle, la. 50846
Davis, James H.; (M) Professor; Route #3, Ames, la. 50010
Hulsebus, Douglas; (E) Electrician; 11 Hilltop Rd., Council Bluffs,
Antes, Charles W.; (M) Attorney; 213 W. Elm, West Union, la.
52175
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KANSAS EAST (10) SC
Sec. A, Rows 11-12, Seats 1-5
* Wright, M. Max; (8) (E) Minister; 2930 Michigan, Topeka, Kansas
66605
Haijes, Clare J.; (3) (M) District Superintendent; 6685 Milhaven
Dr., Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66202
Holier, Don W.; (6) (M) President, St. Paul Sch. of Theo.; 5123
Truman Rd., Kansas City, Mo. 64127
Johnson, Richard E.; (11) (M) District Superintendent; 3020 30th
Dr., Parsons, Kansas 67357
Watts, Ewart G.; (9) (M) Minister; 601 Harrison, Topeka, Kansas
66603
Coffman, Floyd H.; (2) (M) Judge; Court House, Ottawa, Kansas
66067
Stumbo, John E.; (1) (M) Attorney; 703 Capitol Federal Bldg.,
Topeka, Kansas 66603
Mcintosh, Mrs. Hilda; (13) (M) Housewife; 1244 Oakland, Kansas
City, Kansas 66102
Hines, Mrs. Thelma; (7) (E) Minister's wife; R. R. 1, Tecumseh,
Kansas 66542
Reitz, T. Russell; (5) (M) Retired; 726 Sunset, Manhattan, Kansas
66502
Reserves
Moore, Robiiison C; (M) Minister; 10211 Nail Ave., Overland Park,
Kan. 66207
Hager, Alfred D.; (M) Minister; 5400 West 75th, Prairie Village,
Kan. 66208
Kurtz, Merivin R.; (E) District Superintendent; Box 226, Ottawa,
Kansas 66067
Hildyard, Hobart R.; (M) District Superintendent; 4201 West 15th
St., Topeka, Kansas 66604
Pope, Alton R.; (M) Assoc. Dir., Program Council; Box 4187, Topeka,
Kansas 66604
Nothdurft, Clifton G.; (M) Business; 6219 W. 76th St., Prairie Vil-
lage, Kansas 66208
Baker, Pamela; (M) Church worker; 8801 West 71st, Shawnee Mis-
sion, Kansas 66204
Dean, Mrs. Barton; (M) Housewife; 1608 Thornton, Parsons, Kan.
67357
Willmeth, Robert T.; (E) Teacher; 3536 Oakley, Topeka, Kan. 66611
Becker, Richard L.; (M) Attorney; Coffeyville, Kansas 67337
KANSAS WEST (12) SC
Sec. B, Rows 11-12, Seats 7-12
Borger, Clarence J.; (3) (M) District Superintendent; 449 N. St.
Francis, Wichita, Kansas 67202
Blake, Bruce P.; (2) (M) Conf. Program Director; 151 N. Volutsia,
Wichita, Kansas 67214
Fogleman, C. M., Jr.; (5) (M) District Superintendent; 903 Mellin-
ger Dr., Salina, Kansas 67401
Bott, LeRoy A.; (7) (E) District Superintendent; 2903 Hillcrest
Dr., Hays, Kansas 67601
Matthew, Glenn E.; (6) (M) Supt. of Ministries; 5407 West 27th
Terrace, Topeka, Kansas 66614
Iwig, James H.; (1) (E) Minister; Box 232, Newton, Kansas 67114
♦Rupert, Thomas; (4) (M) College Vice-President; 844 E. Claflin,
Salina, Kansas 67401
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Totten, Harold; (13) (E) Farmer; Jewell, Kansas 66949
Matthaei, Marjorie; (9) (M) Director U.M. Info.; 701 Loch Lom-
mond, Hutchinson, Kansas 67501
Renich, Paul W.; (12) (M) College President; Kansas Wesleyan Uni-
versity, Salina, Kansas 67401
Hickerson, Walter J.; (8) (M) Conference Treasurer; 151 N. Volutsia,
Wichita, Kansas 67214
Hartman, Tom; (14) (M) Pro-Control Boeing; 1703 N. Athenian,
Wichita, Kansas 67203
Reserves
Matthaei, Paul; (M) Minister; 701 Loch Lommond, Hutchinson, Kan-
sas 67501
Robinson, Forrest J.; (M) Minister; 285 S. Pershing, Wichita, Kansas
67218
Wilke, Richard B.; (M) District Superintendent; 1012 Alexander,
Winfield, Kansas 67156
Dunlap, E. Dale; (M) Seminary Dean; 4841 Belinder Ct., Shawnee
Mission, Kansas 66205
Jones, J. Karl; (M) District Superintendent; 1808 Crestview Dr.,
Concordia, Kansas 66901
Findley, William C; (E) Higher Education; Rm. 201, 23 W. Calen-
dar, La Grange, 111. 60525
Curtis, Charles M.; (M) Minister; 2220 N. Yale, Wichita, Kansas
67220
Mitchell, Everett R.; (M) Minister; 122 N. 8th, Salina, Kansas 67401
Elliott, Avenell; (M) Director Christian Educ; 1439 E. 4, Winfield,
Kansas 67156
Prather, Mary; (M) Conference President WSCS; Box 549, Meade,
Kansas 67864
George, Irene; (M) Housewife; St. John, Kansas 67576
Tyree, E. C; (M) Civil Engineer; 1751 Lorraine, Wichita, Kansas
67214
Rymph, Levi; (M) Insurance; 1201 Woodrow, Wichita, Kansas 67203
Summers, Claude; (M) Banker; Ransom, Kansas 67572
Thorne, Ralph; (M) Lawyer; 400 W. 23rd, Hutchinson, Kansas 67501
Adrian, Paul; (E) Realtor; 217 W. Ash, Salina, Kansas 67401
KENTUCKY (8) SE
Sec. D, Rows 19-20, Seats 9-12
*Sweaz7j, Albert W.; (2) (M) District Superintendent; P. 0. Box
7172, Lexington, Ky. 40502
Tullis, Edivard L.; (7) (M) Minister; 2400 Forest, Ashland, Ky.
41101
Patton, Russell R.; (13) (M) Minister; 220 W. High, Lexington, Ky.
40508
Greene, Horace H.; (6) (M) Area Director, Church & Comm. Develop-
ment; 165 Eddie, Lexington, Kentucky 40505
Hager, Cornelius R. ; (3) (M) Asst. Dean; Lexington Pike, Nicholas-
ville, Kentucky 40356
Fields, Mrs. Louis H.; (5) (M) Conf. President WSCS; 123 E. Fifth,
Maysville, Ky. 41056
Litton, Ray; (4) (M) Automobile Dealer; Box 325, Flemingsburg,
Ky. 41041
Kemper, John Q.; (1) (M) Insurance Adjuster; 1626 Elliott, Ashland,
Ky. 41101
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Reserves
Durham, Donald W.; (M) Minister; 1716 S. Limestone, Lexington,
Ky. 40503
Dorsey, Harold W.; (M) Minister; 1774 Bryan Station Rd., Lexing-
ton, Kentucky 40505
Kays, Onie U.; (M) District Superintendent; 613 E. Main, Danville,
Ky. 40422
Curry, Earl T.; (M) District Superintendent; Edgemont Rd., Mays-
ville, Ky. 41056
Mayfield, Robert G.; (M) Vice President Development; Asbury Theo-
logical Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky 40390
Bean, Frank; (M) Direc. of Development, Ky. State College, 302
Lexington, Ky. 40503
Rouse, C. R.; (M) Retired School Teacher; 103 Bramble, Highland
Heights, Kentucky 41076
Seals, Taylor; (M) Retired School Teacher; 772 Caden, Lexington,
Kentucky 40505
KL4NGSI (2) OS
No delegates elected
LIBERIA (2) OS
Sec. D, Row 12, Seats 9-10
* Roberts, Samuel T.; (6) (M) District Superintendent; 75 Ashmun
St., Monrovia, Liberia WCA
Dennis, Charles C, Sr. ; (4) (M) Member House of Rep.; Corner,
Carey and Johnson St., Monrovia, Liberia
Reserves
Weeks, Monroe T.; (M)
Togba, Joseph S. ; (M) Medical Doctor; Oldest Congotown, Monrovia,
Liberia WCA
LITTLE ROCK (6) SC
Sec. D, Rows 7-8, Seats 10-12
*Hozendorf, C. Ray; (9) (M) District Superintendent; 715 Center
Street, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Martin, George W.; (6) (M) District Superintendent; 803 Cupp
Drive, Arkadelphia, Ar. 71923
Bearden, Robert E. L.; (14) (M) Minister; 723 Center Street, Little
Rock, Ar. 72201
Carlton, Gordon B.; (12) (M) Attorney; P. 0. Box E, DeQueen,
Arkansas 71832
Davenport, Mrs. E. T.; (7) (M) Housewife; 6G24 Longwood Rd.,
Little Rock, Arkansas 72207
Hall, Carl C; (2) (M) Manufacturer; 46 Edgehill, Little Rock,
Arkansas 72205
Reserves
Murray, Alvin C; (M) Minister; 201 S. Hill, El Dorado, Ark. 71730
Bagley, Roy I.; (M) District Superintendent; 484 Elaine Ave. S. W.,
Camden, Ark. 71701
Hale, Ralph E.; (M) Minister; 841 Quapaw, Hot Springs, Ar. 71901
Major, James E.; (M) College Vice Pres.; Hendrix College, Conway,
Ar 72032
AUman, S. H.; (M) Retired; 201 Pecan, Hot Springs, Ar. 71901
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Shepard, William M.; (M) Retired; 209 Sibley Rd., Little Rock, Ar.
Hillis, Raymond; (M) Merchant; 426 Main St., Malvern, Ar. 72104
Booth, Dale; (M) Utility Exec; 6911 Skywood Rd., Little Rock, Ar.
72207
LOUISIANA (12) SC
Sec. C, Rows 18-19, Seats 7-12
*Oliphint, Benjamin R.; (3) (M) Minister; 5243 Whitehaven, Baton
Rouge, La. 70802
Handy, W. T., Jr.; (6) (M) Vice-Pres. Methodist Publishing House;
201 8th Ave., So., Nashville, Tennessee 37202
Galloway, Benedict A.; (11) (M) Minister; 1421 Constantinople, New
Orleans, Louisiana 70115
Cooke, Jack; (8) (M) District Superintendent; 839 Monrovia St.,
Shreveport, La. 71106
Harrington, Robert F.; (12) (M) District Superintendent; 4600 Pren-
tiss Ave., New Orleans, La. 70126
Stovall, James L.; (9) (M) Minister; 2512 Margie St., Metairie, La.
70003
Matheny, Thomas H.; (1) (M) Attorney; P. O. Box 221, Hammond,
La. 70401
McGowan, Mrs. Charles B.; (7) (M) Homemaker; 2081 Ferndale
Ave., Baton Rouge, La. 70808
Blanchard, Hubert M.; (5) (M) Insurance; P. O. Box 462, Sul-
plur, Louisiana 70663
Cotton, William Davis; (2) (M) Attorney; P. O. Box 719, Rayville,
La. 71269
Netterville, G. Leon; (4) (M) Southern University Pres.; 1870 Hard-
ing Blvd., Baton Rouge, La. 70807
Brown, Allen L.; (13) (M) Insurance Executive; 2059 Abundance
St., New Orleans, La. 70122
Reserves
McGuire, Douglas L.; (M) District Superintendent; 4044 S. Ramsey
St., Baton Rouge, La. 70808
Dykes, David L., Jr.; (M) Minister; 623 Oak Hills, Shreveport, La.,
71106
Haynes, L. L., Jr.; (M) Minister; P. O. Box 1841, Baton Rouge, La.
70802
Caraway, James J.; (M) District Superintendent; P. O. Box 1466,
Hammond, La. 70401
Cain, Wesley Ralph; (M) District Superintendent; 319 Glendale Dr.,
Ruston, La. 71270
Hearn, J. Woodrow; (M) Dir. Program Council; P. 0. Box 4325,
Shreveport, La. 71104
Rickey, Henry A.; (M) Minister; 3427 Somerset Dr., New Orleans,
La. 70114
Bland, Cecil E.; (M) Assoc. Dir. Program Council; P. 0. Box 4325,
Shreveport, La. 71104
Patrick, William H.; (M) Professor; 526 Kimbro, Baton Rouge, La.
70808
Mason, L. Keith; (M) M. D. & Surgeon; 852 McCormick St., Shreve-
port, La. 71104
Ward, Truman L.; (M) District Lay Leader; 500 Walker St., New Or-
leans, La. 70124
Snow, Dudley V.; (M) Insurance Executive; 1500 N. Market St.,
Shreveport, La. 71269
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Laskey, Mrs. Glenn E.; (M) Homemaker; 710 N. Vienna St., Ruston,
La. 71270
Tubb, John; (M) Dept. of Agriculture; 5909 Tall Pine Drive, Pine-
ville, La. 71360
LOUISVILLE (8) SE
Sec. B., Rows 20-21, Seats 9-12
"Shepherd, Paul; (5) (M) Minister; 2000 Douglass Blvd., Louisville,
Kentucky 40205
Wood, George S.; (6) (M) Council Director; 1115 S. Fourth St.,
Louisville, Kentucky 40203
James, William E.; (3) (M) College President; Kentucky Wesleyan
College, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301
Randolph, Allan H. L.; (2) (M) Minister; 2207 Plantation Dr., Louis-
ville, Kentucky 40216
Jenkins, Tom; (4) (M) College Vice-President; Owensboro, Kentucky
42301
Arterburn, Mrs. Jane; (7) (M) Homemaker; Park City, Kentucky
42160
Peters, Dr. C. Kenneth; (5) (M) Medical Doctor; 10407 Taylorsville
Rd., Louisville, Kentucky 40299
Sanders, Felix J.; (9) (M) Attorney; 506 Briar Hill Rd., Louisville,
Ky. 40206
Reserves
Slider, W. W.; (M) Minister; 4614 Brownsboro Rd., Louisville, Ken-
tucky 40207
McAdams, Emil; (M) Minister; 1829 Stratford Dr., Owensboro, Ken-
tucky 42301
Russell, E. A.; (E) Minister; 705 N. Main, Tompkinsville, Kentucky
42167
Perkins, Rual T.; (M) District Superintendent; 203 Cherokee Dr.,
Campbellsville, Ky. 42718
Pullen, Harry A., Jr.; (M) District Superintendent; 504 Hill Ridge
Rd., Louisville Ky. 40214
Curry, James S.; (M) Minister; 3814 Illinois, Lousiville, Ky. 40213
Cockrill, Willard; (M) Professor; 57 Highland Dr., Bowling Green,
Kentucky 42101
Dowse, Mrs. Richard K.; (M) Pres. Conference WSCS; 27 Highland
Dr., Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101
Evans, Evan C; (M) Real Estate Broker; Smallhouse Rd., Bowling
Green, Kentucky 42101
Green, Mrs. Thomas P.; (M) Medical Secretary; 407 N. Hite, Louis-
ville, Kentucky 40206
Ewing, William K.; (M) Executive Nat'l Products; 900 Baxter,
Louisville, Kentucky 40204
Biggers, Gilbert M.; (M) Real Estate; Fairview Bldg., Bowling
Green, Kentucky 42101
LUCKNOW (2) OS
Sec. A, Row 5, Seats 11-12
Doss, Christopher S.; (6) (M) Minister; Methodist Church, 109,
Cantonment, Lucknow
Charan, Miss Sophie; (7) (M) Evangelist; Mission House, P. O.
Gajadharganj, Buxur, Bihar
Reserves
David, Nirmal; (M) Minister; Methodist English Church, 88, Can-
tonment, Kanpur
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Nathan, James; (M) Minister; Methodist Church, 26, Tashkent Road,
Allahabad
Shigh, Rathhan; (M) Minister; Centenniel High School, Lucknow
Prasad, Jones C; (M) Minister; Methodist Church, Daliganj, Luck-
now
Singh, Robert M.; (M) Minister; Methodist Church, Arrah, Bihar
Titus, D. P.; (M) Minister; c/o 109, Cantonment, Lucknow
Mandrelle, J. P. G.; (M) Minister; N. I. Tract and Book Society,
Allahabad
Singh, Jai; (M) Mission Worker; Lucknow Publishing House, 37,
Cantonment Road, Lucknow
Washington, Donald S.; (M) Accountant; Christ Church College,
Lucknow
Franklin, A. T. ; (M) Teacher; Christ Church Inter-College, Kawpur
Chand, Mrs. Shirin L; (M) Teacher; Lalbagh Girls InterCollege,
Lucknow
Dass, Prema; (M) Evangelist; 109, Cantonment Road; Lucknow
Shyamlal, L. B.; (M) Clerk; c/o Methodist Church, Arrah, Bihar
Prakash, Jyoti; (M) Teacher; c/o Methodist Church, Civil Lines,
Ballia, U. P.
Wallace, Miss Lillian; (M) Manager, Hudson Girls School, Kanpur
Franklin, Miss Dorris; (M) Editor; Lucknow Publishing House,
Lucknow
MADHYA PRADESH (2) OS
Sec. D, Row 11, Seats 9-10
Peter, Victor; (1) (M) Minister; Methodist Church, Hawabagh,
Jabalpur, M. P. India
Raoji, Ashok K.; (4) (M) Rly. Employee; Methodist Mission Com-
pound, Khandwa, M. P. India
Reserves
Sham Roa, Prabhakar D.; (M) Minister; 214 Civil Lines, Jabalpur,
M. P. India
Radhakrishati, John; (M) Principal; Leonard Theological College,
Jabalpur, M. P. India
Singh, Ratan K.; (M) District Superintendent; Methodist Church,
Khandwa, M.P. India
Hulasi Rae, John V.; (M) Treasurer; All-India Provident Fund, 21
Club Back Road, Byculla, Bombay— 8 (BC)
Singh, Prem P.; (M) Teacher; Mission School, Baihar, Balaghat,
M. P. India
Singh, Fowler M.; (M) Accountant; S. D. C, P. W. D. (B & R) Suk-
ma, Bastar, M. P. India
Thomas, Miss Aley; (M) Principal; Hawabagh Women's College,
Jabalpur, M. P. India
Lall, Miss Premlata; (M) Principal; Mission Middle School, Khand-
wa, M. P. India
MAINE (2) NE
Sec. B, Row 14, Seats 10-11
"Ellis, S. Blake; (6) (M) District Superintendent; 226 Bradley St.,
Portland, Maine 04103
Danforth, Merrill A.; (2) (M) Business Man; Route lA, Gardiner,
Maine 04345
The United Methodist Church 55
Reserves
Ives, S. Clifton; (M) Minister; 119 S. Park St., Bang-or, Maine 04401
Smith, H. Travers; (M) Minister; 61 Pleasant St., Waterville,
Maine 04901
Hoivland, Leslie W.; (M) District Superintendent; 4 Brentwood R.,
Augusta, Maine 14330
Woodbury, Harvey; (M) Engineer; 36 Megunticook St., Camden,
Maine 04843
Curtis, George E.; (M) Business; 25 Rackleff St., Portland, Maine
04103
Pratt, Horace A.; (M) Retired; Bennoch Rd., Orono, Maine 04473
MEMPHIS (10) SE
Sec. C, Rows 16-17, Seats 7-11
*Fisher, James A., Sr.; (3) (M) District Superintendent; 555 Perkins
Ext., Suite 224, Memphis, Tennessee 38117
Bailey, William P., Jr.,; (6) (M) District Superintendent; 105 N.
Seventh, Suite 220, Paducah, Kentucky 42001
McRae, Frank L.; (1) (M) District Superintendent; 2600 Poplar,
Suite 517, Memphis, Tennessee 38112
Ramier, Lloyd W.; (13) (M) Minister; 4155 Minden Rd., Memphis,
Tenn, 38117
Bobbins, Carl M.; (8) (M) District Superintendent; 206 Elks Build-
ing, Jackson, Tenn. 38301
Pevahouse, Joseph N.; (4) (M) Pharmacist; Box 224, Henderson,
Tenn. 38340
Lamb, Mrs. Wayne A.; (7) (M) Housewife; 110 Ogburn St., Paris,
Tenn. 38242
Bond, R. H.; (5) (M) Bell Telephone Co.; Drawer 808, Dyersburg,
Tenn. 38042
Yancey, Charles L.; (2) (M) Salesman; 3226 James Rd., Memphis,
Tenn. 38128
Adams, Lloyd S., Jr.; (9) (M) Lawyer; 306 Forest Dr., Humboldt,
Tenn. 38343
Reserves
Douglass, Paul F.; (M) Minister; 301 Main St., Martin, Tenn. 38237
Henton, Jack H.; (M) Minister; Box 340, Bartlett, Tenn. 38005
Laney, James T.; (M) Dean, Candler Sch. Theol.; 2080 Renault Lane,
Atlanta, Ga. 30305
Mulroy, James R.; (M) District Superintendent; P. O. Box 207, Lex-
ington, Tenn. 38351
Lawson, James M; (M) Minister; 653 Alston Ave., Memphis, Tenn.
38126
Hester, John S.; (M) Chemical Engineer; 272 Old Orchard Rd., Padu-
cah, Kentucky 42001
Stratton, Leslie M., Ill; (M) Merchant; 105 E. Cherry Dr., Memphis,
Tenn. 38117
Stephenson, Roy C; (M) Assoc. Prog. Dir., Conf. Prog. Council; 432
Arlington, Jackson, Tennessee 38301
Brewster, Jerry G.; (M) Dentist; 5144 Pilgram, Memphis, Tenn.
38116
Page, Mrs. Dennis E.; (M) Housewife; 507 High St., Trenton, Tenn.
38382
MID-CHINA (2) OS
No delegates elected
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MIDDLE PHILIPPINES (2) OS
Sec. D, Row 6, Seats 11-12
Rodriguez, Moises M.; (M) (Deceased)
Llenado, Abigael C. ; (M) Businesswoman; Llenado Poultry Farm,
Valenzuela, Bulacan, Philippines
Reserves
Adriano, Santos M.; (M) District Superintendent; The United Metho-
dist Church, Orani, Bataan, Philippines
Mercado, LaVerne D.; (M) 900 United Nations Ave., Manila, Philip-
pines
Suarez, Reynaldo L. ; (M) Lawyer; The United Methodist Church,
Angeles City, Philippines
MINDANAO (2) OS
Sec. A, Row 3, Seats 1-2
*Guiang, Condrado G.; (5) (M) Minister; Central United Methodist
Church, 328 C. M. Recto, Davao City, Philippines 0-404
Bibay, Francisco A., Jr.; (4) (M) Bank Cashier; 133-A, V. Mapua
St., Davao City, Philippines, 0-404
Reserves
Garibay, Limerio €.; (M) Minister; First United Methodist Church,
416 Vinzon St., Obrero, Davo City, Philippines 0-404
Mapanao, Alfredo C; (M) Gov't Employee; Koronodal, South Cota-
bato, Philippines 0-205
MINNESOTA (12) NC
Sec. C, Rows 22-23, Seats 7-12
*Purdhavi, Charles B.; (6) (M) Conf. Program Dir.; 122 W. Frank-
lin Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. 55404
Christianson, Lyle T.; (7) (M) Minister; 1524 W. City Rd. C-2,
St. Paul, Minn. 55113
Allin, Willard S.; (13) (M) District Superintendent; 1801 10th St.,
N.E., Rochester, Minn. 55901
Krueger, Delton H.; (11) (M) Minister; 807 First St., Princeton,
Minn. 55371
Dunn, Merle A.; (2) (E) Minister; 410 13th Ave., S. E., Rochester,
Minn. 55901
Hanks, Stanley G.; (9) (M) Minister; 204 1st Ave., N. W., Austin,
Minn. 55912
Melgren, Wesley A.; (8) (E) Accountant; 5836 Oakland Ave., S.,
Minneapolis, Minn. 55407 _ .,
Schreiber, Lyle J.; (1) (E) Postmaster; 618 S. E. 1st St., Faribault,
Minn. 55021 ^ „ ,,.
Espie, John C; (4) (M) Executive; 7439 14th Ave., S., Minneapolis,
Minn. 55423
Haining, Kathleen L.; (14) (M) Secretary; 605 Runestone Dr.,
Alexandria, Minn. 56308 „ . ^ r,.
Harkness, Leonard L.; (5) (M) Program Director 4H; 1879 Tatum,
St., Paul, Minn. 55113 , ..„. t. t.-
Gridley, Dorothy R.; (3) (M) Homemaker; 1960 E. River Terrace,
Minneapolis, Minn. 55414
Reserves
Praetorius, E. R.; (E) District Superintendent; 122 W. Franklin
Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. 55404
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Walker, Gerald V.; (E) District Superintendent; 1225 W. River
Dr., Mankato, Minn. 56001
Walker, H. T.; (M) District Superintendent; 331 S. W. 8th St.,
Wadena, Minn. 56482
Beck, Kenneth O.; (M) Minister; 308 3rd Ave. S., St. Cloud, Minn.
56301
Sweet, Charles R.; (M) Minister; 717 Hwy. 7, Hopkins, Minn. 55343
Nicholas, Clarence R.; (M) District Superintendent; 424 Golf Ter-
race, Litchfield, Minn. 55355
Ireland, Wayne L.; (M) District Superintendent; 3410 Greysolon
PI., Duluth, Minn. 55804
Richardson, Sam; (E) Advertising; 4044 Oakland Ave., S., Minne-
apolis, Minn. 55407
Fletcher, Fremont; (M) Attorney; 6809 Coi-nelia Dr., Minneapolis,
Minn. 55435
Forsberg, Winfield; (M) Realtor; 518 Summit, New Ulm, Minn.
56073
Larson, Norma; (M) Conf. Pres. WSCS; 2401 Jewell Lane, So.
St. Paul, Minn. 55075
Rice, Calvin C. ; (M) Prog. Management; 1424 Winsor Chase Dr.,
S. W., Rochester, Minn. 55901
Kerns, Willis; (M) Ford Motor Co.; 3822 E. 49th St., Minneapolis,
Minn. 55417
Faber, Fran; (M) Advertising; Rt. 5, Box 148 W., Excelsior, Minn.
55331
MISSISSIPPI (C) (2) SE
Sec. D, Row 18, Seats 10-11
*Taylor, Wendell P. C; (13) (M) Minister; 777 Ewing St., Jackson,
Miss. 39203
Calbert, Wayne F.; (4) (M) Conf. Lay Leader; The Methodist
Bldg, 321 Mississippi St., Jackson, Mississippi 39201
Reserves
None
MISSISSIPPI (8) SE
Sec. D, Rows 9-10, Seats 9-12
*Leggett, John W., Jr.; (6) (M) Dir. Meth. Action Crusade; 5831
King's PL, Jackson, Miss. 39211
Jones, George E.; (9) (M) Minister; P. 0. Box 956, Laurel, Miss.
39440
Matheny, Robert M.; (3) (M) District Superintendent; P. 0. Box
303, Jackson, Miss. 39205
Dement, Frank E., Jr.; (8) (M) Minister; P. 0. Box 1009, Hatties-
burg, Miss. 39401
Satterfield, John C; (2) (M) Attorney; P. 0. Box 466, Yazoo City,
Miss. 39194
Jordan, Bert; (5) (M) Conf. Program Council; 321 Mississippi St.,
Jackson, Miss. 39201
Moorhead, Edwin E.; (4) (M) Hydraulic Engineer; P. O. Box 691,
Vicksburg, Miss. 39180 ^ ^ ^
Smith, Mrs. Marshall; (7) (M) Homemaker & Conf. Pres. W.S.C.S.;
4248 Warrenton Rd., Vicksburg, Miss. 39180
Reserves
Peden, Homer C; (M) District Superintendent; P. 0. Box 629.
Brookhaven, Miss. 39601
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Kates, Robert L.; (M) Minister; Box 1092, Jackson, Miss. 39205
Smith, Aubrey B.; (M) District Superintendent; Box 1126, Meridian,
Miss. 39401
Dickson, Nathan A.; (M) District Superintendent; 2004 Highland
PL, Vicksburg, Miss. 39180
Duke, Charles D.; (M) District Superintendent; Box 234, Gulf port.
Miss 39501
Cranberry, Seth W.; (M) Minister; 5301 Old Canton Rd., Jackson,
Miss. 39211
Breland, A. Dan; (M) Banker; Box 610, Crystal Springs, Miss. 39059
Alford, J. W.; (M) Merchant; Box 727, 416 Mississippi St., McComb,
Miss. 39648
Egger, John F.; (M) Finance; 2314 Poplar Springs Dr., Meridian,
Miss. 39301
Hays, Ralph; (deceased)
Johnson, Carroll; (M) Accountant; Rt. 1, Saucier, Miss. 39574
Wilson, Earl R.; (M) Attorney; 3851 Eastover Dr., Jackson, Miss.
39211
MISSOURI EAST (8) SC
Sec. A, Rows 19-20, Seats 1-4
Doggett, John N., Jr.; (1) (M) Minister; 1141 Belt Ave., St. Louis,
Mo. 63112
Montgomery, John C, Jr.; (9) (M) District Superintendent; 511
N. Carleton, Farmington, Mo. 63640
Bryan, Monk; (7) (M) Minister; 9th & Locust, Columbia, Mo. 65201
Ward, John W., Jr.; (6) (M) Minister; 600 Bompart Ave., Webster
Groves, Mo. 63119
Hawkins, J. Clinton; (4) (M) Business Executive, Retired; 7421
Warwick Dr., St. Louis, Mo. 63121
McCullough, Mrs. Ralph; (7) (M) Teacher; 15 Donald St., Flat
River, Mo. 63601
Swofford, Mrs. Ross; (13) (M) Homemaker; 2308 Powell Dr., Colum-
bia, Mo. 65201
Allison, William F.; (5) (M) Engineering Mgr.; 7843 Contour Dr.,
St. Louis, Mo. 63121
Reserves
Kinnard, Cannon; (M) Conference Program Director; 101 N.
Bemiston, St. Louis, Mo. 63105
Wagner, Joseph H.; (deceased)
Stein, Neil L.; (M) Minister; 3770 McKelvey Rd., Bridgeton, Mo.
63042
Slover, Donald L.; (M) Minister; 209 S. High, Jackson, Mo. 63755
Napier, Charles E.; (M) Minister; 6199 Waterman Ave., St. Louis,
Mo. 63112
Tucker, Frank C, Jr.; (M) District Superintendent; 55 Plaza Square,
St. Louis, Mo. 63103
Sonnenday, Mrs. Margaret; (M) Homemaker; 7490 Teasdale, St.
Louis, Mo. 63130
Schupp, Oscar G.; (M) Retired Teacher; 1217 Bald Hill Rd., Jefferson
City, Mo. 65101
Clardy, Mrs. Clarence; (M) Social Worker; 6199 Waterman, St.
Louis, Mo. 63130
Chaney, Tom; (M) Research Engineer; 12633 Brumley Dr.,
Bridgeton, Mo. 63044
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Brankhorst, Mrs. Edward; (M) Homemaker; 569 W. Glendale Rd.,
Webster Groves, Mo. 63119
McCartney, Mrs. Victor; (E) Homemaker; 5906 Jefferson, Kinloch,
Mo. 63140
MISSOURI WEST (12) SC
Sec. B, Rows 11-12, Seats 1-6
*Ward, A. Sterling; (6) (M) District Superintendent; 410 Holland
Bldg., Springfield, Mo. 65806
Gray, C. Jarrett, St.; (5) (M) Minister; 1834 Woodland, Kansas
City, Mo. 64108
Johnston, Kenneth C; (3) (M) Minister; 7310 W. Hwy. 71, N. W.,
Kansas City, Mo. 64116
Standard, Forrest L.; (11) (M) Minister; 7205 Longview Rd., Kansas
City, Mo. 64134
Firestone, Lyman; (2) (M) Minister; 3101 E.N.E. Winn Rd., Kansas
City, Mo. 64117
Davis, Sidney E.; (10) (E) Minister; 1730 Byers Ave., Joplin, Mo.
64801
Gailey, Mrs. Beulah; (7) (M) Housewife; 615 Bennett, Springfield,
Mo. 65804
Speer, Aubrey B.; (4) (M) Conference Treasurer; 1512 Van Brunt
Blvd., Kansas City, Mo. 64127
McCall, Kenneth A.; (13) (M) Architect; 1200 W. 39th, Kansas
City, Mo. 64111
Cagna, Mrs. Betty; (9) (M) Housewife; 2222 McKinley, Lexington,
Mo. 64067
Hampton, Mrs. Mary.; (1) (M) Director, Child Care Center; 3531
Bellefontaine, Kansas City, Mo. 64128
Scott, Ralph; (12) (M) Superintendent of Schools; 1315 Sixth,
Monett, Mo. 65708
Reserves
Arbaugh, Robert N.; (M) Minister; Box 1356 S.S.S., Springfield,
Mo. 65805
Caldwell, Charles W.; (M) Conf. Prog. Director; 1512 Van Brunt
Blvd., Kansas City, Mo. 64127
Winter, Hauser; (M) Minister; 406 W. 74th, Kansas City, Mo. 64114
Poe, George; (M) District Superintendent; Box 69, Maryville, Mo.
64468
Prater, Arnold; (M) District Superintendent; 1102 E. 28th, Joplin,
Mo. 64801
Soxman, Lee F., Jr.; (M) District Superintendent; 1512 Van Brunt
Blvd., Kansas City, Mo. 64127
Swinney, John R.; (M) Credit Mgr., Sears, Roebuck; 5900 N. Belton,
Kansas City, Mo. 64151
Mehl, Mrs. Blanche; (M) Housewife; 121 W. 48th, Kansas City,
Mo. 64111
Denman, James E.; (M) Banker; Nevada, Missouri 65772
Walker, E. C; (M) Executive Director, GEO; Box 328, Maryville,
Mo. 64468
Hall, N. Guy; (M) Mfg. Concrete Block; 928 S. Glenstone, Springfield,
Mo. 65802
Patterson, Joyce Raye; (M) Deaconess; 200 Cherokee, St. Joseph,
Mo. 64504
MORADABAD (2) OS
Sec. B, Rows 13-14, Seats 12
*Massey, Daniel B.; (6) (M) District Supt.; Methodist Church,
Civil Lines, Moradabad, U.P. India
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Dayal, Dr. Christo D.; (10) (M) Medical Practice; Policlinic,
Rampur, U. P. India
Reserves
Masih, Komal; (M) Teacher; North India Theological College, 95,
Civil Lines, Bareilly, U. P. India
Sinha, Miss Satyavati S.; (M) Principal; Methodist Girls College,
Moradabad, U. P. India
NEBRASKA (12) SC
Sec. C, Rows 18-19, Seats 1-6
*Clark, Alva H.; (7) (M) Minister; 5410 Corby, Omaha, Nebraska
68104
Wichelt, John F.; (6) (E) Conf. Program Dir.; Box 4553, 2641 N.
49, Lincoln, Nebraska 68504
Hicks, Kenneth W.; (13) (M) District Superintendent; 3120 Ninth
Ave., Kearney, Neb. 68847
Streeter, Emmett T.; (10) (M) District Superintendent; Box 4553,
2641 N. 49, Lincoln, Neb. 68504
Kruse, Lowen V.; (3) (M) Minister; Box 414, Broken Bow, Neb.
68822
Mikkelsen, John H.; (12) (M) District Superintendent; 1402 W. 2nd
St., McCook, Neb. 69001
Dunlap, G.Alan; (1) (M) Banker; Milford, Neb. 68405
Urbom, Warren K.; (5) (M) Judge; Rm. 333, P. O. Bldg., Lincoln,
Neb. 68501
Poppe, Odin W.; (4) (E) Postal Dept.; 1023 W. 9th St., Grand Island,
Neb. 68801
Frey, John H.; (9) (M) Exec. Sec, Lincoln Fdn.; 2441 Bradfield
Dr., Lincoln, Neb. 68502
Ferris, Mrs. E. L.; (2) (M) Homemaker; Archer, Nebraska 68816
Harrington, Mrs. Wayne W.; (11) (M) Pres., Women's Div., Bd. of
Missions; 4903 California Ave., Omaha, Neb. 68122
Reserves
Roker, Donald R.; (E) District Superintendent; 2608 Prospect Ave.,
Norfolk, Neb. 68701
Bond, Nye O.; (M) District Superintendent; 357 Farm Credit Bldg.,
19th & Douglas, Omaha, Neb. 68102
Munden, C. Ebb, III; (M) Minister; 2723 N. 50th St., Lincoln, Neb.
68504
Murphy, C. Edwin; (M) District Superintendent; 2538 N. St. Patrick,
Grand Island, Neb. 68801
Davis, Laurence R.; (M) District Superintendent; Box 4553, 2641
N. 49th, Lincoln, Neb. 68504
Wihnoth, Rodney E.; (M) Minister; 6001 Fontenelle Blvd., Omaha,
Neb. 68111
Ireland, Melvon L.; (M) Minister; 4530 A St., Lincoln, Neb. 68510
Berg, Darrel E.; (M) Minister; 1345 S. 16th St., Lincoln, Neb. 68502
Sukovaty, Norbert; (E) Insurance; 1800 Broadmoore Dr., Lincoln,
Neb. 68506
Savery, Gilbert M.; (E) Newspaper Editor; 4121 Fiene Blvd., Lin-
coln, Neb. 68502
Cobb, Mrs. Ed; (M) Homemaker; Ogallala, Nebraska 69153
Flaming, Wilbert K.; (M) Farmer; Box 114, Elsie, Neb. 69134
Sugden, Mrs. Virgil; (M) Homemaker; Douglas, Neb. 68344
Mead, Mrs. Charles W.; (M) Homemaker; 5122 Davenport, Omaha,
Neb. 68132
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Marquardt, Mrs. A. W.; (M) Homemaker; 1130 S. 47th St., Lincoln,
Neb. 68510
Norris, Mrs. Clyde; (M) Conf. Pres. WSCS; 4032 Mohawk, Lincoln,
Neb. 68510
NEW HAMPSHIRE (2) NE
Sec. A, Row 3, Seats 5-6
*Keeffe, William R.; (13) (M) Superintendent; 13 Springfield St.,
Concord, N. H. 03301
Laraba, Forest W.; (2) (M) Vice Pres. Printing; 31 Woodman
St., Manchester, N. H. 03103
Reserves
None
NEW MEXICO (6) SC
Sec. C, Rows 7-8, Seats 10-12
Caswell, Bervin 0.; (6) (M) Dist. Supt.; 1412 Piedmont, Clovis,
N. M. 88101
Goodwin, Burnie C, Jr.; (2) (M) Dist. Supt.; 1203 S. Country Club,
Carlsbad, N. M. 88220
Stewart, Martin B.; (5) (M) Dist. Supt.; 6401 Belton Rd., El Paso,
Texas 79912
Butler, Randle; (7) (M) Farmer; 1319 Plum, Pecos, Texas 79772
Ford, Frank B.; (13) (M) Insurance; 600 El Paso Natl. Bank Bldg.,
El Paso Texas 79901
Steele, Sam; (4) (M) Rancher; Box 432, Fort Sumner, N. M. 88119
Reserves
Williams, Ira E., Jr.; (M) Minister; P. 0. Box 1638, Albuquerque,
N. M. 87103
Stone, Meredith C; (M) Minister; 10525 Candlewood, El Paso, Texas
79925
Hamilton, Edward E.; (M) Minister; 3501 Huec6, El Paso, Texas
79903
Moore, Mrs. Homer; (M) Homemaker; 3405 Clearmont, Odessa,
Texas 79760
Patten, William C; (M) Insurance; 608 Arboles NW, Albuquerque,
N. M. 87107
Stovall, Travis; (M) School Admin.; 1512 Arizona, Alamogordo,
N. M. 88310
NEW YORK (18) NE
Sec. A, Rows 21-22-23, Seats 1-6
James, William M.; (2) (M) Minister; 1981 Madison Ave., New
York, N. Y. 10035 _ ,
Skeete, F. Herbert; (7) (M) Minister; 240 Nagle Ave., New York,
N. Y. 10034
Bosley, Harold A.; (1) (M) Minister; 520 Park Ave., New York,
N. Y. 10021 , ^^ „
Carrington, John E.; (13) (M) District Superintendent; 60 Harvard
Ave., Rockville Centre, N. Y. 11570 „ . , . ,^. t^-
Barton, Charles A.; (5) (M) Minister; 31 Smith Ave., Mt. Kisco,
New York 10549 ^, „.„ x^ ^ x,i
Parker, Richard S.; (11) (M) Minister; 22 Slate Hill Dr., Poughkeep-
sie. N. Y. 12603
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Thornburg, Richard A.; (6) (M) Minister; 718 West Avenue, Nor-
walk, Conn. 06850
Verdin, Douglas F.; (13) (M) Minister; 1 Raymond PL, Westport,
Conn. 06880
Cotto-T homer, Alfredo; (10) (M) Minister; 67 Manhattan Ave.,
Brooklyn, New York 11206
*Preusch, Robert W.; (2) (M) C.P.A.; 74 Trinity PL, New York,
N. Y. 10006
Winton, Jeanette; (7) (M) Conf. President WSCS; 6911 N. Main
St., Stratford, Conn. 06497
Darling, Howard H.; (8) (M) Conference Treasurer; 210 Boston
Post Rd., Rye, New York 10580
Brown, William E.; (3) (M) Traffic Manager; 742 St. Lawrence
Ave., Bronx, New York 10472
Current, Gloster C; (1) (M) NAACP Executive; 100-30 203 St.,
Hollis, New York 11423
Collins, Mabel E.; (9) (M) Administrative Staff Member; 920-5
Baychester Ave., Bronx, New York 10475
Staubach, William T., Jr., (4) (M) Bank Vice-President; 120 Ancon
Ave., Pelham, New York 10803
Northrop, George M.; (12) (M) Attorney; 396 Grand St., Newburgh,
New York 12550
Aponte, Ramon; (14) (M) Accountant; 332 W. 47th St., New York,
N. Y. 10036
Reserves
Wolf, Wilmert H.; (E) Minister; 732 Donlon Ave., W. Hempstead,
N. Y. 11552
Abel, Paul F.; (M) Assoc. Conf, Program Director; 210 Boston
Post Rd., Rye, New York 10580
Spoor, Ralph E.; (M) District Superintendent; 20 Broadfield Rd.,
Hamden, Conn. 06517
Collins, John C; (M) Assoc. Conf. Program Director; 210 Boston
Post Rd., Rye, New York 10580
Kirkland, H. Burnham; (M) Conference Program Director; 210
Boston Post Rd., Rye, New York 10580
Gates, Matthew H.; (M) District Superintendent; 791 Newfield Ave.,
Stamford, Conn. 06905
Nugent, Randolph W.; (M) NCCC Executive; 475 Riverside Dr.,
New York, N. Y. 10027
Hunter, C. Pershing; (M) Minister; 12 Hampton Rd., Port Wash-
ington, N. Y. 11050
Reed William B.; (M) District Superintendent; 5 Post Rd., E,
Williston, New York 11596
Marsland, Irving A., Jr.; (M) Minister; 40 Washington St., Hemp-
stead, New York 11550
Eversley, John C; (M) N. Y. Transit Authority; 875 St. Marks
Ave., Brooklyn, New York 11213
Burkitt, Olga; (M) Cokesbury Asst. Store Manager; 65 Columbia
St., New York, N. Y. 10002
Veale, William H.; (M) President Safty Foundation; West Rock
Rd., New Haven, Conn. 06515
Atkinson, Sydney H.; (M) Business Consultant; Box 26, N. Baldwin,
Baldwin, N. Y. 11510
Engelhardt, Christian L.; (M) Engineer; 68 Pool Rd., North Haven,
Conn. 06473
Hauser, Louis C; (M) Medical Sales Manager; 1601 Powers Ave.,
East Meadow, New York 11554
Cline, Eleanor; (M) Homemaker; 61 Lawton Ave., Hartsdale, N. Y.
10530
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Patterson, Ruthetta A.; (M) Social Worker; 172-52 126th Ave.,
Springfield Gardens, N. Y. 11434
Metzler, Ed. E., Ill; (M) IBM Systems Engineer; 9 Ronnie Lane,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 12603
Doyle, Christopher D.; (M) Conference Credit Manager; 59 Jog
Hill Rd., Trumbull, Conn. 06611
NORTH ALABAMA (16) SE
Sec. A, Rows 7-8, Seats 1-8
Kimbrough, R. Edwin; (2) (M) Minister; 518 N. 19th St., Birming-
ham, Ala. 35203
Montgomery, Allen D.; (7) (M) Minister; 1848 Tune Ave., Florence,
Ala. 35630
Clem, Paul L.; (3) (M) District Superintendent; 1801 N. Sixth
Ave., Birmingham, Ala. 35203
Morgan, Robert C; (13) (M) District Superintendent; 2826 Mont-
clair Dr., Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401
Stevenson, Thomas F.; (6) (M) District Superintendent; Box 403,
Roanoke, Alabama 36274
Anderson, Barry H.; (1) (M) District Superintendent; 8705 Camille
Dr., S. E., Huntsville, Alabama 35802
Franklin, DensonN.; (9) (M) Minister; 350 Overbrook Rd., Birming-
ham, Alabama 35223
Edgar, Thomas A.; (8) (M) District Superintendent; 709 S. Norton
Ave., Sylacauga, Ala. 35150
* Hundley, George R.; (12) (M) Interior Decorator; 402 Hughes Ave.,
Attalla Ala. 35954
Gulp, Jesse A.; (5) (M) Editor & Publisher; 923 Brooklyn Ave.,
Albertville, Ala. 35950
Montgomery, Edward; (4) (M) Woodworks Manufacturer; 2001
First Ave., Tuscaloosa, Ala. 35401
Lewis, W, Robert; (1) (M) Business Executive; 2415 Huntsville
Rd., Florence, Ala. 35630
Gordon, Mrs. John W.; (11) (M) Conf. Pres. WSCS; 108 Woodland
Dr., Hueytown, Ala. 35020
Purdy, Burt; (14) (M) Furniture Dealer; 1206 Sunset Blvd., Fort
Payne, Ala. 35967
Barnes, H. K.; (9) (M) Printer, Retired; 1442 John Wesley Circle,
Birmingham, Ala. 35210
Woodall, A. H.; (10) (M) Chemist; 1400 30th St., West, Birmingham,
Ala. 35218
Reserves
Frederick, Charles L.; (M) District Superintendent; 1856 Tune Ave.,
Florence, Ala. 35630
Goodwin, E. Bert, Jr.; (M) District Superintendent; Route 1, Gallant,
Alabama 35972
Hunter, J. Duncan; (M) Minister; 3 The Highlands, Tuscaloosa,
Ala. 35401
Whitehead, Claude W.; (M) Conf. Program Director; 2241 Great
Rock Rd., Birmingham, Alabama 35216
Rutland, John E.; (M) Minister; 8014 Hickory Lane, S. E,, Hunts-
ville, Alabama 35802
Elmore, S. Joe; (M) District Superintendent; 2108 Henry Rd.,
Anniston, Ala. 36201
Curl, William E.; (M) Minister; 120 Green St., Huntsville, Ala.
35801
Lewis, Monroe C; (M) District Superintendent; 821 Sherman St.,
Decatur, Ala. 35601
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Martin, Harold C; (M) District Superintendent; 1801 N. Sixth
Ave., Birmingham, Ala. 35203
Doyle, D. Paul; (M) Minister; 722 S. 56th St., Birmingham, Ala.
35212
Brannon, William C; (M) Insurance Executive; 608 Twin Branch
Dr., Birmingham, Alabama 35226
Dominick, Frank M.; (M) Attorney; 927 Brown-Marx Building, Bir-
mingham, Alabama 35203
Dawson, Roy K.; (M) Engineer; 5628 Ninth Ave. S., Birmingham,
Ala. 35212
Self, Edgar; (M) Public Accountant; P. 0. Box 1221, Decatur, Ala.
35601
Branscomb, Louise; (M) Physician; 944 S. 18th St., Birmingham,
Ala. 35205
Tanner, Ralph M.; (M) College Dean; Birmingham-Southern College,
Birmingham, Alabama 35204
Harris, W. M., Jr.; (M) Physician; 1921 Wellington Rd., Birming-
ham, Ala. 35223
Norton, Elbert B.; (M) University President; Florence State Univer-
sity, Florence, Alabama 35630
Phillips, J. Donald; (M) Professor; 10 Echo Hills, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
35401
Yeilding, N. Manly, Jr.; (M) Attorney; 8 Montrose Circle, Birming-
ham, Ala. 35213
NORTH ARKANSAS (8) SC
Sec. D, Rows 9-10, Seats 5-8
*Cooper, Joel A.; (6) (M) Minister; 325 Highland, Fayetteville,
Arkansas 72701
Carter, Earl B.; (3) (M) Assoc. Dir. Program Council; 715 Center
Street, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Curtis, Myers B.; (2) (M) Minister; 120 Utah, North Little Rock,
Ark. 72118
McDonald, Charles P.; (7) (M) District Superintendent; 219 N.
51st, Fort Smith, Ark. 72901
Fulbright, Homer H.; (5) (M) Businessman; 712 N. Spring, Searcy,
Ark. 72143
Bumpers, E. Clay; (4) (M) Businessman; Wabash, Arkansas 72889
Rainwater, Henry M.; (10) (M) Jeweler; 200 S. W. 2nd, Walnut
Ridge, Ark. 72476
Ellis, Matt L.; (1) (M) College Professor; 1208 Hunter, Conway,
Ark. 72032
Reserves
Dodgen, Ethan W.; (M) District Superintendent; 428 Highland,
Forrest City, Ark. 72335
Jordan, Ben F.; (M) Minister; 940 Center, Conway, Ark. 72032
Bayliss, John A.; (M) Minister; 1112 Adelaide, Fort Smith, Ark.
72901
Beal, Jim; (M) Minister; Porter & Pecan, Helena, Ark. 72342
Johnson, Mrs. Howard; (M) Housewife; Clinton, Arkansas 72031
McClinton, Clark C; (M) Building Contractor; 40 W. Prospect,
Fayetteville, Ark. 72701
Smith, Carlos J. R.; (M) Hospital Administrator; Stonebrook Rd.,
Helena, Ark. 72342
Barnett, I. Nels; (M) Businessman; 1063 E. Maine, Batesville, Ark.
72501
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NORTH CAROLINA (18) SE
Sec. D, Rows 7-8, Seats 1-9
Grant, Nicholas W.; (13) (M) Dir., Conf. Program Council; Rm.
203, Methodist Building, 1307 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh, N. C. 27605
Neese, William J.; (6) (M) District Superintendent; 2201 Lynnwood
Ave., Wilmington, N. C. 28401
Mercer, Charles H.; (1) (M) District Superintendent; P. 0. Box
2425, New Bern, N. C. 28560
Early, Joyce V.; (8) (M) District Superintendent; 905 Spring Lane,
Sanford, N. C. 27330
Petteway, Warren B.; (9) (M) Minister; 1206 Branch St., Wilson,
N. C. 27893
Townsend, Samuel L.; (11) (M) Minister; P. 0. Box 1487, Laurin-
burg, N. C. 28352
Cushman, Robert E.; (6) (M) Professor, Duke; 2719 Spencer St.,
Durham, N. C. 27705
Barclift, Chancie D.; (13) (M) District Superintendent; 1002 W.
Knox St., Durham, N. C. 27701
Fisher, Albert F.; (2) (M) District Superintendent; 617 Banks
Ave., Goldsboro, N. C. 27530
*Mann, Mrs. Harold L.; (2) (M) Homemaker; 2219 Lee Ave., San-
ford, N. C. 27330
Anderson, Walter F.; (5) (M) Retired; 1124 Gunnison PL, Raleigh,
N. C. 27609
Gibson, J. Nelson; (7) (M) Businessman; P. O. Box 66, Gibson,
N. C. 28343
Patrick, James T.; (4) (M) Businessman; 1700 Avondale Dr., Dur-
ham, N. C. 27701
McAdams, Charles K.; (3) (M) Conf. Treasurer; 1307 Glenwood
Ave., Raleigh, N. C. 27605
Weaver, L. Stacy; (12) (M) College President; Methodist College,
Fayetteville, N. C. 28301
Dunn, Mrs. Sam A.; (14) (M) Homemaker; 109 N. Church St.,
Enfield, N. C. 27823
King, Arnold K.; (10) (M) Univ. Vice President; University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. 27514
Garrick, Grier L.; (4) (M) Businessman; 624 New Bridge St.,
Jacksonville, N. C, 28540
Reserves
Carruth, Paul; (M) District Superintendent; 803 Sycamore St.,
Rocky Mount, N. C. 27801
Cline, John M.; (M) Minister; 136 Hoke St., Burlington, N. C. 27215
Gillespie Sylvester T.; (M) Minister; 1914 Stanberry St., Fayette-
ville, N. C. 28301
Watson, Harvey L.; (M) Minister; 506 Caswell St., Chapel Hill,
N. C. 27514
Quick, William K.; (M) Minister; 1108 W. Knox St., Durham, N. C.
27701
Seawell, William A., Sr.; (M) Minister; 1211 Fairfax Dr., Raleigh,
N. C. 27609
Page, Jack W.; (M) District Superintendent; 2234 Wheeler Rd.,
Raleigh, N. C. 27607
Davidson, Barney L.; (M) Minister; 704 E. Walnut St., Goldsboro,
N. C. 27530
Ingram, Osmond K.; (M) Professor, Duke; 2728 Sevier St., Durham,
N. C. 27705
Hathaway, Offie L.; (M) Assoc. Dir., Program Council; P. 0. Box
10644, Raleigh, N. C. 27605
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Meares, John M.; (M) Adult Min. & Soc. Concerns; Room 218C,
Meth. Bldg., 1307 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh, N. C. 27605
Forehand, George H. ; (M) Businessman; 405 Trail 2, Burlington,
N. C. 27215
Jenkins, Leo W.; (M) University President; 605 E. 5th St., Green-
ville, N. C. 27834
Blair, J. Seaborn; (M) Medical Doctor; 400 N. Main St., Wallace,
N. C. 28466
Hargrove, Bruce; (M) Educator; 1115 Kitt PL, Raleigh, N. C. 27610
Vereen, Mrs. LaFon C; (M) Homemaker; 1403 Market St., Wil-
mington, N. C. 28401
West, Cameron P.; (M) Educator; 3312 Mesa Court, Raleigh, N. C.
27607
Sanford, Terry; (M) University President; Duke University, Dur-
ham, N. C. 27706
Dial, Adolph R.; (M) College Professor; Route 1, Pembroke, N. C.
28S72
Hillman, Mrs. E. L.; (M) Homemaker; 2507 Woodrow St., Durham,
N. C. 27705
NORTH CHINA (2) OS
No delegates elected
NORTH DAKOTA (2) NC
Sec. A, Row 14, Seats 11-12
*Knecht, David F.; (5) (M) Minister; 1000 1st St., Bismark, N. D.
58501
Sundin, Robert; (4) (E) Farmer; Bowbells, N. D. 58721
Reserves
Neumann, Norman C; (E) District Superintendent; 1246 Oak St.,
Fargo, N. D. 58102
Ewers, Duane A.; (M) Minister; 905 20th St., N. W., Minot, N. D.
58701
Young, Mrs. lola; (M) Conference Treasurer; 811 2nd Ave. S., Fargo,
N. D. 58102
Caine, Dr. Donald; (M) Optometrist; Box 967, Jamestown, N. D.
58401
NORTH GEORGIA (18) SE
Sec. D, Row 3-4, Seats 2-10
*Ruff, William H.; (8) (M) District Superintendent; 159 Forrest
Ave., N. E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Myers, T. Cecil; (3) (M) Minister; Box 1109, Athens, Georgia 30601
Jones, Bevel; (7) (M) Minister; Box 686, Decatur, Georgia 30031
Thompson, Gordon G., Jr.; (9) (M) Professor; 1654 Noble Dr., N. E.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30306
Prince, Frank H.; (1) (M) District Superintendent; 435 Decatur
Federal Bldg., Decatur, Georgia 30030
Wilson, Charles E., Jr.; (3) (M) Minister; 111 W. Lake Dr., Athens,
Georgia 30601
Hagood, Delma L.; (5) (M) District Superintendent; 3106 Trafalgar
Dr., Augusta, Georgia 30904
Drinkard, Eugene T.; (14) (M) Minister; 4720 Tall Pines Dr., N.W.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30327
Moorhead, Frank; (6) (M) Minister; 56 Whitlock Ave., N. W.,
Marietta, Ga. 30060
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Brooks, David W.; (7) (M) Retired; Box 2210, Atlanta, Georgia
30301
Webb, Paul, Jr.; (2) (M) Attorney; 927 Fulton Federal Bldg.,
Atlanta, Ga. 30303
McCommons, Mrs. R. M.; (13) (M) Housewife; 126 Pinecrest Dr.,
Greensboro, Ga. 30642
Dekle, Joe B.; (4) (M) Program Council Staff; 159 Forrest Ave.,
N.E., Atlanta, Ga. 30303
Yeargan, Mrs. Victor; (1) (M) Housewife; 120 Westmore Rd., Rome,
Ga. 30163
Moore, Ray; (10) (M) TV Newscaster; 1551 Briarcliff Rd., N.E.,
Atlanta, Ga. 30306
Sharpe, Guy; (12) (M) TV Newscaster; 1551 Briarcliff Rd., N.E.,
Atlanta, Ga. 30306
Styron, Mrs. Arthur; (11) (M) Housewife; 262 Peachtree Hills
Ave., N.E., Atlanta, Ga. 30305
MacKay, James; (8) (M) Attorney; 1032 Clifton Rd., N.E., Atlanta,
Ga. 30307
Reserves
Taylor, Robert L.; (M) Minister; 1221 Clifton Rd., N.E., Atlanta,
Georgia 30307
Boleyn, Charles W.; (M) District Superintendent; 159 Forrest Ave.,
N.E., Atlanta, Ga. 30303
Thompson, James N.; (M) Minister; P. O. Box 752, Gainesville, Ga.
30501
Shelnutt, Dumas B.; (M) Minister; 521 E. College Ave., Griffin, Ga.
30223
Bi(dd, W. Candler; (M) Sec, Bd. of Pensions; 159 Forrest Ave.,
N.E., Atlanta, Ga. 30303
Padgett, Edgar A.; (M) District Superintendent; 801 Vernon St.,
La Grange, Ga. 30240
Sherrill, Marion J.; (M) District Superintendent; Box 243, Rome,
Georgia 30161
Williams, Charles R.; (M) Director, Program Council; 159 Forrest
Ave., N.E., Atlanta, Ga. 30303
Whiting, Thoynas A.; (M) Minister; 670 Old Ivy Rd., N.E., Atlanta,
Ga. 30305
Boiven, William C; (M) District Superintendent; 2080 Campground
Rd., S.W., Atlanta, Ga. 30331
Noland, Robert J.; (M) Attorney; 115 Bowden St., Douglasville, Ga.
30134
King, Martha; (M) Teacher; 602y2 McCall Blvd., Rome, Ga. 30161
Burgess, J. R.; (M) College President; Reinhardt College, Waleska,
Ga. 30183
Lance, Bert; (M) Banker; 409 E. Line St., Calhoun, Ga. 30701
Harris, Frederick; (M) Cement Products; P. O. Box 550, Cartersville,
Ga. 30120
Tuck, Claude; (M) Clothing Store, Manager; 103 S. Broad St.,
Winder, Ga. 30680
Gustafson, M. 0.; (M) Pres., Imp. Homes; 212 Larcom Ln., Griffin,
Ga. 30223
Eberhart, Tom; (M) Ex. Ser., U. of Ga.; 115 Edgewood Dr., Athens,
Ga. 30601
Pickett, Mrs, Elizabeth; (M) Housewife; 2000 W. Paces Ferry Rd.,
N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30327
Pittard, Joe; (M) Retired; 853 Northcliff Dr., N.W., Atlanta, Georgia
30332
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NORTH INDIA (2) OS
Sec. A, Row 6, Seats 1-2
Richards, Cecil T.; (6) (M) District Superintendent; 94 Civil Lines,
Bareilly, U. P., India
Shaw, Inder A.; (12) (M) Doctor; Clara Swain Hospital, Civil Lines,
Bareilly, U.P., India
Reserves
Singh, Joseph G.; (M) Minister; St. Paul's Church, Izatnagar,
Bareilly, U.P., India
Smart, Rosemund A.; (M) Government Service; 88 Civil Lines,
Bareilly, U.P., India
NORTH INDIANA (18) NC
Sec. D, Rows 21-22-23, Seats 7-12
*Colpitts, A. Hunter; (6) (E) District Superintendent; 326 E. Wayne
St., Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
Bjork, Virgil V.; (6) (M) Minister; Box 967, Anderson, Indiana
46015
Geible, Merrell D.; (3) (E) Conference Staif; 1820 W. Main St.,
Muncie, Ind. 47303
Carlson, Verner A.; (8) (E) District Superintendent; 629 Marleton
Rd., Logansport, Indiana 46947
Wolf, John D.; (1) (M) Minister; 7320 Northcote Ave., Hammond,
Indiana 46324
Jones, Gerald H.; (2) (M) Conference Director; 505 Roxbury Ct.,
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46807
Keller, Alfred L.; (5) (E) Minister; 348 Rose Ellen Dr., Crown Point,
Indiana 46307
LaSuer, Donald F.; (13) (M) District Superintendent; 305 E. 68th
PL, Merrillville, Indiana 46410
Fribley, Robert W.; Resigned
Davis, George; (1) (E) School Superintendent; 166 W. Third, Peru,
Indiana 46970 , ,
Sites, Mrs. Robert L.; (2) (E) Housewife; 4349 Lucinda Lane,
Lafayette, Ind. 47905
Helms, Mrs. Roy; (7) (M) Housewife; 1023 W. Taylor St., Kokomo,
Ind. 46901 . _
Shown, Mrs. Louise; (11) (M) Housewife; 3334 St. Croix Dr.,
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46807
Burrous, Kermit; (9) (M) Attorney; R. R. #3, Peru, Indiana 46970
Heyde, Forest R.; (4) (E) Owner, Oil Company; E-31 Barrett Rd.,
Rochester, Ind. 46975 ^, , ^ ,
Robbins, Gene E.; (12) (M) Attorney; 1558 Rossville Ave., Frank-
fort, Indiana 46041 X, ^o T. T J-
Burrous, Mrs. Anita; (7) (M) Housewife; R. R. #3, Peru, Indiana
46970
Colpitts, Mrs. A. Hunter; (14) (E) Housewife; 1236 St. Joe River
Dr., Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805
Reserves
McMahan, Donald F.; (10) (M) District Superintendent; 19050
Orchard Hgts. Dr., South Bend, Indiana 46614
Katayama, Roy; (M) Minister; 428 Second St., Chesterton, Ind. 46304
Duecker, R. Sheldon; (M) Minister; 2501 S. Harrison St., Ft. Wayne,
Indiana 46807 , , x j a^^aa
Dicken, John; (M) Minister; 211 S. Beiger, Mishawaka, Ind. 46544
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Bergwall, Evan H., Sr.; (M) District Superintendent; 1721 Meado-
wood Dr., Elkhart, Ind. 46514
Hook, James S.; (E) Minister; 1232 Crescent Ave., Fort Wayne,
Indiana 46805
Kistler, Richard; (E) Minister; 1415 N. Michigan St., Elkhart,
Indiana 46514
Steele, Ralph S.; (M) Minister; 6635 Hohman Ave., Hammond, Ind.
46324
Williams, J. C; (M) Minister; 1112 S. Hackley St., Muncie, Ind.
47302
Barnes, Donald L.; (M) Minister; 321 N. Webster, Kokomo, Ind.
46901
Chambers, Marshall; (E) Public Relations; 1525 Windermire, Indi-
anapolis, Ind. 46227
Walker, Clarence; (M) Retired, U.S. Steel; 729 E. 14th Ave., Gary,
Ind. 46407
Fenstermacher, Mrs. Robert; (M) Housewife; 203 Clarke Rd.,
Walkerton, Ind. 46574
Hefley, Charles E.; (M) Principal, Jr. High; 910 Euclid Ave., Marion,
Ind. 46952
Anglin, James F.; (E) Corp. President; 2704 Glencairn Dr., Ft.
Wayne, Ind, 46805
Kaiser, Samuel M.; (M) Manufacturer; 1858 Dean St., Huntington,
Indiana 46750
Morlan, Darrell E.; (M) Controller; 1803 W. Wallen Rd., Ft. Wayne,
Indiana 46808
Case, Riley L.; (M) Retired; 711 Hawpatch, LaGrange Ind. 46761
Roudebush, Roy R.; (M) Retired; 1518 Nichol Ave., Anderson, Ind.
46011
Roelke, Mrs. Paul L.; (E) Housewife; 18165 Southern View Dr.,
South Bend, Indiana 46614
Bergwall, Mrs. Evan H., Sr.; (M) Housewife; 1721 Meadowood Dr.,
Elkhart, Ind. 46514
Hauptman, Leo; (M) Retired; 2025 W. Jackson, Muncie, Ind. 47303
NORTH KATANGA (2) OS
Sec. D, Row 11, Seats 7-8
*Ngoi, Maurice; (3) (M) Minister; B. P. 95, Kamina, Republique
Democratique du Congo
Werder, Louise; (4) (M) Principal; B. P. 62, Kamina, Republique
Democratique du Congo
Reserves
Mwambai, Leon; (M) Minister; B. P. 522, Lubumbashi, Republique
Democratique du Congo
Makonga, Arnold; (M) Principal; B. P. 95, Kamina, Republique
Democratique du Congo
NORTH MISSISSIPPI (8) SE
Sec. A, Rows 15-16, Seats 5-8
^Houston, Jamie G.; (13) (M) Minister; Box 100, Kosciusko, Missis-
sippi 39090
Bailey, E. A.; (5) (M) District Superintendent; Box 929, Cleveland,
Mississippi 38732
Humphrey, John D., Sr.; (3) (M) Staff, General Bd. of Ed.; Box
871, Nashville, Tenn. 37202
Wallace, William L., Jr.; (6) (M) Minister; Box 230, Cleveland,
Mississippi 38732
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Egger, Kirk; (7) (M) Wholesale Grocer; Box 1018, Columbus, Mis-
sissippi 39701
Fant, Glenn; (2) (M) Attorney; Box 66, Holly Springs, Mississippi
38G35
Yarbrough, George M.; (1) (M) Editor &. Publisher; Red Banks,
Mississippi 38661
Bailey, Joe N., Jr.; (4) (M) Farmer & Merchant; Box 257, CoflFee-
ville, Mississippi 38922
Reserves
Meadows, Archie L.; (M) District Superintendent; Box 552, Stark-
ville, Mississippi 39759
Gordon, Prentiss, Sr.; (M) Minister; Drawer 728, Starkville, Mis-
sissippi 39759
Bishop, Andie C; (M) Minister; Box 603, Clarksdale, Mississippi
38614
McCool, David; (M) Public Accountant; Box 147, Louisville, Mis-
sissippi 39339
Sharp, William L.; (M) Attorney; P. 0. Box 844, Corinth, Mis-
sissippi 38834
Perry, Bob G.; (M) State Senator; Box 121, Horn Lake, Mississippi
38637
NORTH TEXAS (12) SC
Sec. C, Rows 16-17, Seats 1-6
*Trice, William E.; (6) (M) Minister; P. O. Box 12038, Dallas,
Tx. 75225
Outler, Albert C; (1) (M) Theologian, Perkins; 6019 Lakehurst,
Dallas Tx 75230
Holmes, 'Zan W., Jr.; (3) (M) District Superintendent; P. O. Box
7170, Dallas, Tx. 75209
Goodrich, Robert E., Jr.; (9) (M) Minister; 1928 Ross Ave., Dallas,
Tx. 75201
Gathings, Ervin M.; (14) (M) District Superintendent; Jefferson
Towers, Suite 501, Dallas, Texas 75208
Casad, Gordon D.; (10) (M) District Superintendent; P. O. Box
8124, Dallas, Tx. 75205
Baker, Leo L.; (4) (M) Engineer; 5624 Daniels, Dallas, Tx. 75230
Greenhaw, Frank; (13) (M) Merchant; 425 S. Galloway, Mesquite,
Tx. 75149
Fisher, J. Herschel; (5) (M) Architect; 1630 Nob Hill, Dallas, Tx.
75208
Mays, Avery; (7) (M) Building Contractor; 950 Kessler Way, Dallas
Tx. 75208
Roper, Wilbur F.; (11) (M) Research Chemist; 811 Green Hills,
Dallas Texas 75232
Watson, 'Martha B.; (2) (M) Registered Nurse; 1511 Kendolph,
Denton, Texas 76201
Reserves
Hares, James; (M) Dir., Conf. Prog. Agencies; Box 8386, Dallas,
Texas 75205
Underwood, Walter L.; (M) Minister; Box 2125, Wichita Falls,
Tx. 76307
Shipp, Thomas J.; (M) Minister; 5002 W. Lovers Ln., Dallas, Tx.
75209
Weaver, R. Bruce; (M) Minister; 1215 Turner, Dallas, Texas 75208
Mooring, J. D.; (M) Minister; 3731 Myrtle, Dallas, Texas 75215
Stephenson, William T.; (M) Minister; 11076 Swaffar Dr., Dallas,
Tx. 75228
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Williams, Raymond; (M) Postal Clerk; 1246 Whispering Tr., Dallas,
Tx. 75241
Ransom, E. C; (M) Insurance Agent; 3514 Packard, Dallas, Tx
75215
Braswell, Henry; (M) Judge; 3555 Audubon Rd., Paris, Tx. 75460
Tanner, Mrs. Guy; (M) Housewife; 1538 Mesquite, Wichita Falls,
Tx. 76302
Gilreath, Mrs, Judy; (M) Housewife; Box 203, Sulphur Springs,
Tx. 75482
Boswell, George; (M) Orthopedic Surgeon; 7249 Wabash, Dallas,
Tx. 75214
NORTHERN ILLINOIS (18) NC
Sec. D, Rows 15-16, Seats 1-9
-North felt, Merlyn W.; (6) (M) President, Garrett Theological Sem.;
2121 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, 111. 60201
Jarvis, Charles S.; (2) (M) Minister; 1903 E. Euclid St., Arlington
Heights, 111. 60004
Clay, Willie B.; (6) (M) District Superintendent; 77 W. Washington,
Suite 1806, Chicago, 111. 60602
Tholin, Richard D.; (1) (E) Professor; 15 N. Columbia Ave.,
Naperville, 111. 60540
Amnions, Edsel A.; (1) (M) Professor; 2121 Sheridan Rd., Evanston,
111. 60201
White, William D.; (13) (M) Program Coordinator; 77 W. Wash-
ington, Suite 1806, Chicago, 111. 60602
Batt, Samuel; (5) (E) Minister; 115 W. Lincoln, Barrington, 111.
60010
Rogers, Carleton C; (10) (M) Minister; 216 E. Highland, Elgin,
111. 60120
Stauffer, Eugene E.; (12) (M) Minister; 100 W. Cossitt Ave.,
LaGrange, 111. 60525
Gates, Merrill; (3) (E) School Administrator; 26 W. 255 Maple,
Naperville, 111. 60540
Lennartson, Walter; (4) (M) Retired; 5624 W. 100th St., Oak Lawn,
111. 60453
Van Sickle, John R.; (9) (M) Newspaper Publisher; 1904 Crenshaw
St., Rockford, 111. 61107
Pfeiffer, Mrs. A. B.; (11) (M) Homemaker; 523 Kingsway Dr.,
Aurora, 111. 60505
Wieting, Mrs. Wesley S.; (7) (M) Conf. President WSCS; 600
Lyman Ave., Oak Park, 111. 60304
Oehler, Mrs. Jack; (14) (E) Homemaker; 1003 Augusta, Elgin,
111. 60120
Johnson, Joseph T.; (3) (M) Funeral Director; 462 W. Division St.,
Chicago, 111. 60610
Walton, Herbert; (8) (M) Retired; 2400 Talcott, Apt. 322, Park
Ridge, 111. 60068
Cummings, Mrs. C. C; (7) (M) Homemaker; Lakeview Apts., 92
Pauline Dr., Elgin, 111. 60120
Reserves
Clymer, Wayne K.; (E) President, Evangelical Theological Sem.;
209 N. Brainard, Naperville, 111. 60540
Mettling, Carl G.; (M) District Superintendent; 77 W. Washington,
Chicago, 111. 60602
Wykle, Eugene M.; (E) District Superintendent; 112 George Ln.,
Naperville, 111. 60540
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Pembroke, Maceo D.; (M) Minister; 8441 St. Lawrence, Chicago,
111. 60619
Ferguson, John C; (M) Minister; 7350 S. Jeffrey, Chicago, 111. 60649
Flores, Finees; (M) Minister; 912 Sheridan Rd., Chicago, 111. 60613
Benson, Hotvard C; (M) District Superintendent; 582 McLean Blvd.,
Elgin, 111. 60120
Whittle, Paul O.; (M) District Superintendent; 77 W. Washington,
Chicago. 111. 60602
Jordan, Charles W.; (M) Urban Work; 101 Chesnut, Rockford, 111.
61101
Kirkpatrick, Dow; (M) Minister; 1630 Hinman Ave., Evanston, 111.
60201
Riskedal, R. Kenneth; (M) Farmer; Rt. 1, Leland, 111. 60531
Fannings, Mrs. Helen; (M) Social Worker; 7800 Merrill, Chicago,
111. 60649
Steele, Clay; (M) Retired; 595 Duane, Glen Ellyn, 111. 60137
Kinsey, Mrs. A. M.; (M) Homemaker; 275 N, Country Club Dr.,
Addison, 111. 60101
Zimmerman, Paul; (E) 444 S. Julian, Naperville, 111. 60540
McFarland, Mrs. R. J.; (M) 500 E. 33rd, Chicago, 111. 60619
Laskey, W. Jennings; (M) Retired; 422 Davis, Evanston, 111. 60201
Agler, Mrs. L. M.; (M) 1016 Arlington, LaGrange, 111. 60525
Huntington, Mrs. Earle; (M) Homemaker; 2210 Taylor, Joliet, 111.
60433
Farley, Mrs. Paul; (E) 301 W. Center, Itasca, 111. 60143
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY (8) NE
Sec. A, Rows 3-4, Seats 7-10
*Ault, James M.; (6) (M) Seminary Dean; 8 Campus Drive,
Madison, N. J. 07940
Lanning, Dean A.; (3) (M) Minister; 99 Parish Dr., Wayne, N. J.
07470
Smith, Eugene L.; (2) (M) Exec. Sec'y, New York Office, W.C.C;
157 Alpine Dr., Closter, N. J. 07624
Stephens, Ralph L.; (7) (M) Director, Urban Ministries; 103 N.
Walnut St., East Orange, N. J. 07017
Black, Clair W. (Mr.) ; (4) (M) Educator; 328 Colonial Blvd., West-
wood, N. J. 07675
Holland, Betty Lou (Mrs.) ; (1) (M) Housewife; 11 Elm St., Newton,
N. J. 07860
Howe, Clarice (Mrs.); (5) (M) Housewife; 150 Clinton Ave., North
Plainfield, N. J. 07063
Rollins, Rose (Mrs.); (13) (M) Housewife; 803 S. 10th St., Newark,
N.J. 07112
Reserves
Goodwin, Robert B.; (M) Minister; 22 Madison Ave., Madison, N. J.
07940
Watt, George, Jr.; (M) Minister; 110 Union St., Ridgewood, N. J.
07450
Gra7it, Robert E.; (M) Minister; 379 15th Ave., Paterson, N. J. 07504
Rodda, William F. B.; (M) Minister; 12 Roosevelt Rd., Maplewood,
N. J. 07040
Stockwell, Eugene L.; (M) Assistant General Secretary, World Di-
vision, Bd. of Missions; 197 Union St., Ridgewood, N. J. 07450
Kokolias, Dorothy (Mrs.) ; (E) Newspaper Reporter; Kokolias Lane,
Matamoras, Pa. 18336
Ewing, Miss Betsy K. ; (M) Assoc. General Sect'y, Board of Missions;
1 Wall St., Apt. 3 A, Fort Lee, N. J. 07024
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Ostertag, Frank, Sr.; (M) Administrator; 277 Clark St., Hillside,
N. J. 07205
Galbraith, Mrs. John A.; (M) Secretary; 329 Hickory St., Teaneck,
N.J. 07666
Burkett, Newton, Jr.; (M) Banker; 153 Chilton St., Elizabeth, N. J.
07208
NORTHERN NEW YORK (4) NE
Sec. A, Row 6, Seats 3-6
Van Ornum, Carlton G.; (6) (M) District Supt.; 43 Proctor Blvd.,
Utica, N. Y. 13501
Wood, Allison C; (13) (M) Minister; 187 Main St., Massena, N. Y.
13662
Schoenlein, Dr. Charles F.; (4) (M) Dentist; Richfield Springs,
New York 13439
Lee, Vernon; (3) (M) Ret. School Principal; 804 Hickory St., Rome,
N. Y. 13440
Reserves
Oot, Arthur B., Jr.; (M) Conf. Program Dir.; 418 Washington St.,
Watertown, N. Y. 13601
Hart, William G.; (M) Minister; 43 Court St., Canton, N. Y. 13617
Dice, Howard; (M) Production Mgr.; R.F.D, #3, Oswego, N. Y.
13126
Williams, Mrs. Charles S.; (M) Housewife; 68 Morgan St., Illon,
N. Y. 13357
NORTHERN PHILIPPINES (2) OS
Sec. C, Row 11, Seats 4-5
*Addiiro, Pablo M.; (1) (M) Minister; United Methodist Church,
Ilagan, Isabela, Philippines
Fabian, Pedro F.; (4) (M) Bank Manager; P. N. B. Branch, Aparri,
Cagayan-A-305, Philippines
Reserves
Ibasco, Abelardo 0.; (M) Minister; United Methodist Church, Solano,
Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines
Jimenez, Bienenido J.; (M) Lawyer; Aparri, Cagayan-A-305, Phil-
ippines
NORTHWEST GERMANY (4) OS
Sec. A, Row 7, Seats 9-12
*Baass, Erich M.; (12) (M) District Superintendent; 2000 Hamburg
20, Abendrothsweg 43, Germany
Harriefeld, Fritz; (11) (E) District Superintendent; 43 Essen,
Menzelstrasse 20, Germany
Kuehl, Werner E.; (11) (M) Official; 315 Peine, Weidenweg 5,
Germany
Westphal, Wilhelm F.; (3) (E) Businessman; 3001 Isernhagen FB,
Im Heisterholz 11, Germany
Reserves
Lein, Woldemar; (M) Minister; 2000 Hamburg 26, Carl-Petersen-
Str. 59, Germany , . , ^ , • .
Mohrmann, Werner; (E) Minister; 563 Remscheid, Ludwigstr. 6,
Germany
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Lovasz, Johannes K. ; (M) Conf. Youth Secretary; 2 Hamburg 22,
Dehnhaide 3, Germany
Schalla, Reinhard A.; (E) Techn. Clerk; 33 Braunschweig, Fritz-
Giesel-Strasse 15, Germany
NORTHWEST PHILIPPINES (2) OS
Sec. C, Row 12, Seats 6-7
Vinluan, Victor C; (6) (M) Dist. Supt.; 27 Alvear St., Lingayen,
Pangasinan, Philippines
*Samson, Restitute F.; (4) (M) Business Man; 105 Quezon Hill
Rd., Baguio City, Philippines
Reserves
Bailen, Gregorio R.; (M) Minister; Paniqui, Tarlac, Philippines
Sansano, Lauro 0.; (M) Lawyer; Guimba, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
Gacutan, Ezekias G.; (M) 1732 J. Bacobo St., Manila, Philippines
NORTHWEST TEXAS (8) SC
Sec. A, Rows 15-16, Seats 9-12
*Boyd, Marvin L.; (6) (M) District Superintendent; 3005 23rd St.,
Lubbock, Texas 79410
Bruce, S. Duane; (2) (M) Conf. Prog. Director; Box 2958, Lubbock,
Texas 79408
Lutrick, Charles E.; (13) (M) Pastor; 1501 University, Lubbock,
Texas 79401
Dotts, Ted J.; (14) (M) District Superintendent; 2014 N. Russell,
Pampa, Texas 79065
Ledbetter, M. C; (4) (M) District Judge; Box 735, Morton, Texas
79346
Matthews, Mrs. Cecil R. ; (7) (M) Pres., Conf. WSCS; 2614 3rd
Ave., Canyon, Texas 79015
Kim, Thomas K.; (3) (M) College President; McMurry College,
Abilene, Texas 79605
Harriger, Harold O.; (1) (M) Attorney; Drawer 10302, Lubbock,
Texas 74908
Reserves
Grooms, Jordon; (M) District Superintendent; 623 Tulane, Big
Spring, Texas 79720
Trotter, Clifford E.; (M) District Superintendent; 1401 Polk St.,
Amarillo, Texas 79101
Butler, J. Weldon; (M) District Superintendent; 1410 Amarillo St.,
Plainveiw, Texas 79072
Egger, Darris L.; (M) District Superintendent; 1909 River Oaks Rd.,
Abilene, Texas 79605
McBrayer, O. A.; (M) Pastor; 3007 33rd St., Lubbock, Texas 79410
Appling, W.A.; (M) Pastor; Box 527, Hereford, Texas 79045
Langley, Earnest; (M) Attorney; Box 1818, Hereford, Texas 79045
Tooley, Wendell; (M) Editor; Box 700, Floydada, Texas 79235
Willson, J. M., Jr; (M) Lumber Dealer; Box 666, Floydada, Texas
79235
Salem, Joe T.; (M) Investments; Box 218, Sudan, Texas 79371
Baumgardner, Robert; (M) Farmer; 1007 E. Peppto, Brownfield,
Texas 79316
DeflFebach, Lyle L.; (M) Public Accountant; Box 920, Snyder, Texas
79549
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NORWAY (2) OS
Sec. C, Row 9, Seats 10-11
Madsen, Arnold; (5) (M) District Superintendent; St. Olavsgt. 28,
Oslo, Norway
*Gausdal, Hans; (4) (M) Astrids vei 11, 4600 Kristiansand S Nor-
way
Reserves
Soiland, Gustav; (M) Minister; Olavsgt. 6, 3900 Porsgrunn, Norway
Master, Rolf; (M) Minister; Thv. Meyersgt. 56, Oslo 5, Norway
Gulliksen, Erling; (M) Liavegen 33, 1600 Fredrikstad, Norway
OKLAHOMA (20) SC
Sec. B, Rows 3-4, Seats 1-10
Crutchfield, Finis A.; (6) (M) Minister; 1301 S. Boston Ave., Tulsa,
Oklahoma 74119
Fenn, G. Lemuel; (13) (M) District Superintendent; 1901 Mocking-
bird Lane, Enid, Oklahoma 73701
Henry, William R.; (1) (M) District Superintendent; 624 Harned
PI., Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074
Lovern, J. Chess; (7) (M) Minister, 323 N. W. 16th, Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma 73103
Peters, Lloyd A.; (3) (M) Minister; 7th and Duck, Stillwater, Okla.
74074
S7nith, Irving L.; (14) (M) District Superintendent; 3133 N. W. 19th,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73107
Sprouls, J. Clifton; (2) (M) District Superintendent; Box 1757,
Muskogee, Oklahoma 74401
Coffin, Wayne W.; (6) (M) Minister; Box 2067, Norman, Oklahoma
73069
Kay, W. Eugene; (10) (E) Minister; Box 385, Mooreland, Oklahoma
73852
Featherston, R. Jack; (5) (M) District Superintendent; 1722 Essex,
Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401
*Doenges, William C; (4) (M) Rancher & Automobile Dealer;
Drawer "Z", Bartlesville, Okla. 74004
Egan, Jim A.; (1) (M) Investment Banking; 219 North 11th, Musko-
gee, Okla. 74401
Page, S. Covey; (5) (M) Terminal Manager; 5344 E. 21st, Tulsa,
Okla. 74114
Silvers, Mrs. Floyd L.; (11) (M) Pres. Conf. WSCS; 1228 S. Quebec,
Tulsa, Okla. 74112
Whitten, Dolphus, Jr.; (9) (M) University President; 2501 N. Black-
welder, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73106
Metzel, Mrs. George V.; (7) (M) Homemaker; 1925 S. Florence,
Tulsa, Okla. 74104
Price, Robert R.; (3) (M) Professor; 601 Hartwood Ave., Stillwater,
Okla. 74074
Moore, Manly M.; (8) (M) Builder; 910 E. Lockheed, Midwest City,
Okla. 73110
Codding, Charles, Jr.; (9) (M) Rancher; Foraker, Oklahoma 74638
Gilbert, Ronald W.; (12) (M) Dentist; 304 "B" Street N. W., Miami,
Okla. 74354
Reserves
Teeter, Bonner E.; (M) Minister; 143 Park View, Ponca City, Okla.
74601
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Meyer, Lester A.; (M) Dir. Conf. Program Council; 706 Cravens
Bldg., Oklahoma City, Okla. 73102
Grahajn, George G.; (M) District Superintendent; 1628 N. 32nd,
Lawton, Okla. 73501
Dorff, Earl N.; (M) District Superintendent; 3707 E. 47th Place,
Tulsa, Okla. 74135
Miller, W. Jene; (M) Minister; 3034 N.W. 17th, Oklahoma City,
Okla. 73107
Thurston, Elwyn O.; (M) Minister; Box 507, Lawton, Oklahoma
73501
Plowman, Howard L.; (M) Minister; 5603 S. New Haven, Tulsa,
Okla. 74135
Russell, John W.; (M) Minister; 401 W. Randolph, Enid, Okla. 73701
Oden, William B.; (M) Minister; 820 McGee Dr., Norman, Okla.
73069
Wells, Charles E.; (M) Minister; 2600 N. May Ave., Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma 73107
Hicks, L. T.; (E) Salesman; R. R. 1, Bixby, Oklahoma 74008
Felts, Clay W.; (M) Merchant; Box 420, Tahlequah, Oklahoma 74464
McFall, Carl S.; (M) Life Insurance Agent; Box 13, Frederick,
Oklahoma 73542
Fossett, Warren J.; (M) Funeral Director; 701 W. Maine, Enid,
Oklahoma 73701
Oden, Waldo T., Jr.; (M) Attorney; P. O. Drawer "J", Altus, Okla,
73521
Finney, W. Wray; (M) Cattle Ranching; Box 280, Fort Cobb, Okla.
73038
Barrett, Samuel M.; (M) Dentist; 205 N. Noble, Watonga, Okla.
73772
Pettijohn, Rex E.; (M) Postmaster; Box 361, Stigler, Oklahoma 74462
Carle, John R.; (M) Attorney; Box 326, Claremore, Oklahoma 74017
Whitten, Mrs. Dolphus, Jr.; (M) Housewife; 2321 N. W. 25th, Okla-
homa City, Oklahoma 73107
OREGON-IDAHO (6) W
Sec. C, Rows 11-12, Seats 1-3
*Burtner, Robert W.; (11) (M) Minister; 5830 N. E. Alameda, Port-
land, Or. 97213
Jenkins, H. James; (2) (M) Minister; 237 N. Water, Idaho Falls, Id.
83401
Albertson, C. Gene; (6) (M) Minister; Box 2327, Salem, Oregon
97308
Schwiebert, Erwin H.; (1) (M) Asst. Pres. College; 2904 College,
Caldwell, Id. 83605
Watson, Mrs. Elizabeth; (7) (M) Homemaker; 3325 N. E. 29th, Port-
land, Or. 97212
Rose, Harold E.; (4) (M) Research Metallurgist; 5404 N. Montana,
Portland, Or. 97217
Reserves
Walker, William O.; (M) Minister, 1165 N. W. Monroe, Corvallis,
Or. 97330
Peters, Robert N.; (M) Minister; 1236 Kincaid, Eugene, Or. 97401
Balcomb, Raymond E.; (M) Minister; 1838 S. W. Jeflferson, Portland,
Oregon 97201
Haines, Henry L.; (M) District Superintendent; 10 N. W. 10th Ave.,
Portland, Oregon 97209
Cox, Ralph E.; (E) Office Manager; 18615 S. W. Wilmotte, Portland,
Oregon 97222
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Blair, Mrs. Douglas; (M) Homemaker; 347 Craven, Monmouth, Or.
97361
Reed, Watford; (M) Staff writer, Oregon Journal; 5250 S. E. Ivon,
Portland, Or. 97206
Uppinghouse, Mrs. Leonard; (M) Secretary; 9684 N. W. Cornell,
Portland, Or. 97229
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (10) W
Sec. A, Rows 11-12, Seats 8-12
''Tuell, Jack M.; (6) (M) Minister; 401 E. 33rd St., Vancouver, Wa.
98663
Finkbeiner, Melvin M.; (2) (M) District Superintendent; 804 Olym-
pic Nat'l Bldg., Seattle, Wa. 98104
Harding, Joe A.; (14) (M) Minister; 1124 Stevens Dr., Richland, Wa.
99352
Beeman, Paul J.; (13) (M) District Superintendent; 410 Sherwood
Bldg., Spokane, Wa. 99201
Poor, George L.; (5) (M) Minister; 3118 S. 140th St., Seattle, Wa.
98168
Eby, Mrs. Norma; (7) (M) Homemaker; 10805 S. E. 320th, Auburn,
Wa. 98002
Dolliver, James; (1) (M) Gov't Administration; 312 N. Sherman,
Olympia, Wa. 98501
Hjelte, Marshall C; (10) (M) Administrator; Wesley Gardens-Ter-
race, Des Moines, Washington 98188
Praetorius, Herman R.; (4) (E) Orchardist; Rt. 1, Box 340, Tieton,
Wa. 98947
Little, Mrs. Alvirita; (3) (M) Med. Administrator; 2325 S. Graham
St., Seattle, Wa. 98108
Reserves
Ritchey, William H.; (M) Minister; 14 N. 48th Ave., Yakima, Wa.
98902
Brown, Frank E.; (M) Minister; 828 Caspers St., Edmonds, Wa.
98020
Ellington, William D.; (M) Minister; 18515 92nd Ave., N. E., Bothell,
Wa. 98011
Tuttle, G. Richard; (M) Minister; 3520 Colby Ave., Everett, Wa.
98201
Parker, Bruce G.; (M) Minister; 4710 N. E. 70th, Seattle, Wa. 98115
Summerour, William F.; (M) District Superintendent; Rm. 206,
Denny Bldg., Walla Walla, Washington 99362
Ikeda, Tsuguo; (M) Social Work Administration; 2103 S. Atlantic,
Seattle, Wa. 98118
Stevens, Robert W.; (M) Conference Treasurer; 810 Olympic Nat'l
Bldg., Seattle, Washington 98104
Zellmer, Willard; (M) Attorney; Rt 3, Davenport, Washington
99122
Wyckoff, Mrs. Aloha; (M) Homemaker; 6735 35th Ave., N. W., Seat-
tle, Wa. 98107
Holte, Alfred O.; (M) Attorney, Judge; 1031 C St., Edmonds, Wash-
ington 98020
Pritchard, Llewelyn G.; (M) Attorney; 5229 140th N. E., Bellevue,
Washington 98004
PENINSULA (8) NE
Sec. D, Rows 9-10, Seats 1-4
*Cooke, R. Jervis; (7) (M) Conf. Program Director; 217 N. Bradford
St., Dover, Delaware 19901
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Cuff, G. Wayne; (1) (M) District Superintendent; 431 N. State St.,
Dover, Delaware 19901
McCoy, Paul E.; (6) (M) Minister; 1704 Bancroft Parkway, Wil-
mington, Delaware 19806
Breiver, Otho G., Jr.; (13) (M) District Superintendent; 215 S. Han-
son St., Easton, Md. 21601
Chapman, Dr. A. Frank; (12) (M) DuPont Co. Executive; 2417
Brookshire Dr., Chatham, Wilmington, Delaware 19803
Mangum, Mrs. Orien; (11) (M) President Conf. WSCS; 2407 Mat-
wood Rd. N. Graylyn Crest, Wilmington, Delaware 19803
Hardcastle, James C; (3) (M) School Administrator; 121 N. Kirk-
wood St., Dover, Delaware 19901
Hancock, Maurice M.; (4) (M) Insurance Business; 215 Oakdale
Rd., Salisbury, Md. 21801
Reserves
Wilkins, Howell O.; (M) District Superintendent; 1213 Delaware,
Wilmington, Del. 19808
Shockley, John R.; (M) Minister; 623 N. Harrison St., Wilmington,
Del. 19805
Hemphill, William, Jr.; (M) Minister; 4 Malvern Court, Devon,
Wilmin^on, Delaware 19803
Ruth, Dale L.; (M) District Superintendent; 1404 Camden Ave.,
Ext'd, Salisbury, Md. 21801
May, Felton E.; (M) Minister; 4303 Whittier Dr., Brandywine Hills,
Wilmington, Delaware 19802
Mackey, J. Robert; (M) Minister; 410 Country Club Dr., Wilmington,
Delaware 19803
Henry, Mrs. William A.; (M) 1007 Popular St., Wilmington, Dela-
ware 19800
Boss, Leroy; (M) Dover Electric Co.; 438 West St., Dover, Delaware
19901
Weber, Benjamin; (M) 134 Wesley St., Elkton, Md. 21921
Alford, Mrs. Thelma; (M) Housewife; Box 310, Oxford, Maryland
21654
Selby, Mrs. Cora; (M) Teacher; R.D. 2, Box 34, Laurel, Delaware
19956
Appleby, Harvey; (M) Box 135, Bear, Delaware 19701
PHILIPPINES (2) OS
Sec. A, Row 6, Seats 11-12
*Bautista, Ignacio P.; (7) (M) Dist. Supt,; #55 Guevara, Sn. Fran-
cisco del Monte, Q.C. 503, Philippines
Mendigorin, Abdon; (12) (M) Lawyer; #14 Botolan, Quezon City,
R. P. 501, Philippines
Reserves
Cortes, Nathanael L.; (M) Minister; 943 Aurora Blvd. Q.C.,R.P. 501,
Philippines
Bernardo, Teodoro; (M) Lawyer; #125 Int. Ignacio St., Pasay City,
R.P. 720, Philippines
POLAND (2) OS
Sec. B, Row 4, Seats 11-12
*Benedyktowicz, Witold; (14) (M) General Superintendent; Moko-
towska 12 M 10-a, Warsaw, Poland
Kleszczynski, Adam; (3) (M) Teacher; ul. Piotra skargi 1, Konstan-
cin near Warsaw, p-ta Jeziorna, Poland
The United Methodist Church 79
Reserves
Kuczma, Adam; (M) Vice Superintendent; Mokotowska 12m 10, War-
saw, Poland
Kuczma, Lidia; (M) Secretary; Mokotowska 12 m 10, Warsaw, Po-
land
PUERTO RICO (2) NE
Sec. B, Row 13, Seats 10-11
*Santana, Benjamin; (12) (M) Pastor; Bracetti #8, Rio Piedras,
P.R.
Cabrera, Ismael; (4) (M) Businessman; G. P. 0. Box 1152, San Juan,
P.R. 00930
Reserves
None
RHODESIA (2) OS
Sec. D, Row 17, Seats 10-11
Delegates
Kadenge, Fannuel; (M) (13) Minister; Mutambara Mission, P. 0.
Mutambara, Rhodesia
Marima, William; (M) (4) Boarding Director; P.B. P7024, Umtali,
Rhodesia
Reserves
Munjoyna, Samuel; (M) Minister; Old Umtali Mission, P.B. P7024,
Umtali, Rhodesia
Dangarembga, Susan; (M) Teacher; P.B. P7024, Umtali, Rhodesia
RIO GRANDE (2) SC
Sec. C, Rows 9-10, Seats 12
*Barton, Roy D.; (7) (M) Conf. Program Director; P. 0. Box 28098,
San Antonio, Texas 78284
Avifia, Mike; (2) (M) Teacher; 437 De Leon Dr., El Paso, Texas
79912
Reserves
None
ROCKY MOUNTAIN (10) W
Sec. C, Rows 11-12, Seats 8-12
Potthoff, Harvey H.; (3) (M) Iliff Professor; 2201 S. University
Blvd., Denver, Colo. 80210
Hagiya, Paul H.; (1) (M) Minister; 6001 Wolff, Arvada, Colorado
80002
Persons, Williayn R.; (6) (M) District Superintendent; 3224 S. 3075
E., Salt Lake City, Utah 84109
Hamilton, Ronald R.; (9) (M) Minister; 522 White, Grand Junction,
Colorado 81501
Byrd, William O.; (11) (M) District Superintendent; 2200 S. Univer-
sity Blvd., Denver, Colorado 80210
*Naylor, E. R.; (4) (M) Lay Leader; 3333 E. 7th, Denver, Colorado
80206
Ariki, Joe; (10) (M) School Principal; 3238 S. Beeler, Denver, Colo-
rado 80203
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Moeller, Romane G.; (2) (E) Chrm. W. S. & F.; 7217 Ross Dr.,
Colorado Springs, Colo. 80907
Anderson, Mrs. Virgil; (7) (M) President WSCS; 3860 Balsam,
Wheat Ridge, Colo. 80033
Wood, Dr. Donald R.; (13) (M) College Professor; 1920 Sheely Dr.,
Fort Collins, Colo. 80521
Reserves
Brown, E. Russell; (M) Minister; 1551 W. 106th, Denver, Colo.
80234
Babbs, J. Carlton; (M) Minister; 5209 Montview^ Blvd., Denver, Colo.
80207
Jones, S. Jameson; (M) Iliff President; 2201 S. University Blvd.,
Denver, Colo. 80210
Rowbotham, Eugene B.; (M) District Superintendent; 3438 Yucca
Rd., Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
Paulson, Delbert C; (M) District Superintendent; 88 Amherst, Pueb-
lo, Colorado 81005
App, Donald B.; (E) Program Director; 2200 S. University Blvd.,
Denver, Colo. 80210
Brockman, Mrs. Vivian; (M) Housevi^ife; 3250 Fillmore St., Denver,
Colo. 80207
Huffman, Mrs. Frank W.; (M) Housewife; 620 Delmar, Sterling,
Colo. 80751
Byrkit, Ervin; (M) Rancher; Haxton, Colorado 80731
Mclntyre, John J.; (M) Judge; Box 146, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
Sohl, Mrs. Lowell; (E) Housewife; 2089 Fuller Rd., Colorado Springs,
Colo. 80907
Persinger, Mrs. John; (M) Housewife; 1536 E. 3010 So., Salt Lake
City, Utah 84109
SHANTUNG (2) OS
No delegates elected
SIERRA LEONE (2) OS
Sec. A, Row 4, Seats 11-12
Smith, Alex J.; (5) (E) Minister; c/o U.M.C. Parsonage, Yengema,
Sierra Leone
Lagawo, Richard, E.S.; (4) (E) Teacher; P.O. Box 58, BO. Sierra
Leone, West Africa
Reserves
Va7idy Rogers, Joseph B.; (E) Minister; c/o P. O. Box 121, BO.
Sierra Leone
Bailor, Alfred M.; (E) Education Secy.; P. 0. Box 523, Freetown,
Sierra Leone, West Africa
SOUTH CAROLINA (1866) (2) SE
Sec. C, Row 12, Seats 4-5
* Jenkins, Warren M.; (9) (M) Exec. Program Council; 1200 Davis
St., Evanston, 111. 60201
Mack, James; (3) (M) Instructor, Claflin College; Claflin College,
Orangeburg, S. C. 29115
Reserves
Curry, John W., Sr.; (M) Conf. Treasurer; 191 Boulevard N. E.,
Orangeburg, S. C. 29115
The United Methodist Church 81
Summers, James L.; (M) Minister; P. O. Box 481, St. Stephen, S. C.
29479
Manning, Hubert V.; (M) College President; Claflin College, Orange-
burg, S. C. 29115
Fields, Richard E.; (M) Judge; 65 Spring St., Charleston, S. C. 29403
Nelson, William L. J.; (M) Ship Yard "Oiler"; 2023 Riverview Ave.,
Charleston, S. C. 29405
Baxley, Mrs. Beulah H.; (M) Conf. Pres. WSCS; 1327 Gregg St.,
Columbia, S.C 29201
SOUTH CAROLINA (1785) (16) SE
Sec. C, Rows 20-21, Seats 1-8
Taylor, Eben; (14) (M) District Superintendent; Box 1056, Ander-
son, S. C. 29621
Spears, R. Wright; (3) (M) College President; 1320 Columbia College
Dr., Columbia, S. C. 29203
Moody, C. LeGrande, Jr.; (13) (M) District Superintendent; 104
Amherst Dr., Cherokee Hills, Greenwood, S. C. 29646
Jones, Phil M.; (5) (M) Minister; Box 407, Batesburg, S. C. 29006
Brabham, A. McKay; (9) (M) District Superintendent; 1320-A Fern-
wood Rd., Spartanburg, S. C. 29302
Fridy, Wallace; (6) (M) Conf. Program Director; 1420 Lady St.,
Columbia, S. C. 29201
Barrett, James S.; (12) (M) Jr. Col. President; Spartanburg Jr.
College, Spartanburg, S. C. 29301
Whitaker, George W.; (2) (M) District Superintendent; Box 3505,
Charleston, S. C. 29407
*Kent, Harry R.; (4) (M) Construction; P. O. Box 932, Charleston,
S. C. 29402
Parker, Mrs. W. Roy; (7) (M) Homemaker; Box 224, Abbeville, S. C.
29620
Jerome, J. E.; (5) (M) Hardware; Box 403, Rock Hills, S. C. 29730
Hyatt, Lochlan L.; (8) (M) Manufacturing; 300 E. Park Dr., Spar-
tanburg, S. C. 29302
Watson, Michael; (7) (M) Doctor; Bamberg, S. C. 29003
Evatt, Parker; (1) (M) Dir., Alston Wilkes Society; 258 Chartwell
Rd., Columbia, S. C. 29210
Adkins, Joel C; (10) (M) ; Route 1, Pelzer, S. C. 29669
Rice, Spencer M.; (11) (M) Associate Director, Program Council;
1420 Lady St., Columbia, S. C. 29201
Reserves
Robison, John W.; (M) Minister; 200 Buncombe St., Greenville,
S. C. 29601
Cannon, Ralph A.; (M) Minister; Box 16, Darlington, S. C. 29532
Crenshaw, Bryan; (M) Minister; 3407 Devine St., Columbia, S. C.
29205
Broome, Allan R.; (M) Executive Director, Epworth Ch. Home;
2900 Millwood Ave., Columbia, S. C. 29205
Brittain, Thomas N.; (M) Minister; P. O. Box 2947, Spartanburg,
S. C. 29302
Jenkins, W. Y.,Jr.; (deceased)
Cannon, Joel E.; (M) District Superintendent; Box 57, Lake City,
S. C. 29560
Kinnett, William R.; (M) Minister; 1244 Naples Ave., Cayce, S. C.
29033
Lynn, Hawley B.; (M) District Superintendent; 129 Holly Dr.,
Hartsville, S. C. 29550
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Reese, David W., Jr.; (M) District Superintendent; 1420 Lady St.,
Columbia, S. C. 29201
McLeod, David W.; (M) Mayor; Florence, South Carolina 29501
Hardin, Paul, III; (M) College President; Wofford College, Spartan-
burg, S. C. 29301
Workman, W. D., Jr.; (M) Newspaper Editor; 915 Beltline Blvd.,
Columbia, S. C. 29205
Ready, Judson W.; (M) Retired; 1420 Lady St., Columbia, S. C.
29201
Jackson, Rhett; (M) Carpet Dealer; 4848 Landrum Dr., Columbia,
S C 29206
Hipp, J. C; (M) Furniture; 3390 Liberty St., Loris, S. C. 29569
Holler, J. Carlisle; (M) State Board of Education; 6120 Lakeshore
Dr., Columbia, S. C. 29206
Moore, Roy C; (M) Dept. Stores; 209 Mclver St., Cheraw, S. C.
29520
Gardner, William A.; (M) ; Box 15, Ninety Six, S. C. 29666
Carter, Fletcher; (M) Conf. Program Council; 1420 Lady St., Colum-
bia, S. C. 29201
SOUTH DAKOTA (2) NC
Sec. A, Row 3, Seats 3-4
*Pittenger, Richard; (1) (M) District Superintendent; Box 1304,
Huron, South Dakota 57350
Ortman, Ervin; (7) (M) Osteopath; Canistota, South Dakota 57012
Reserves
Sander, Harvey; (M) Minister; Box 579, Pierre, South Dakota 57501
Hartung, Ron H.; (M) Minister; 1617 S. West Ave., Sioux Falls,
South Dakota 57105
Tarver, Russell E.; (M) Minister; 210 S. Plum, Vermillion, South
Dakota 57069
Grinager, Lloyd K.; (M) Minister; Box 683, Yankton, South Dakota
57078
Kuhler, Warren; (M) Hospital Administrator; Wakonda, South
Dakota 57073
Cochrane, Maynard; (M) Educator; 1212 1st St., Brookings, South
Dakota 57006
Lushbough, Mrs. Lillian; (M) Housewife; Sturgis, South Dakota
57785
Stengel, Jack; (E) Executive; Milbank, South Dakota 57252
SOUTH GEORGIA (12) SE
Sec. B, Rows 7-8, Seats 1-6
Freeman, G. Ross; (13) (M) Minister; Box 534, Statesboro, Ga.
30458
Robertson, Frank L.; (3) (M) Minister; Box 1306, Valdosta, Ga.
31601
Duck, David A.; (5) (M) Minister; Box 747, Moultrie, Ga. 31768
Waite, Alvis A., Jr.; (6) (M) District Superintendent; Box 876,
Waycross, Ga. 31501
Key, W. R.; (12) (M) Minister; 115 E. Church, Americus, Ga.
31709
Zorn, George L.; (1) (M) Minister; Box 975, Thomasville, Ga. 31792
Wright, George A.; (2) (M) Retail Druggist; Box 267, Tifton, Ga.
31794
Rivers, Mrs. J. R.; (7) (M) Conf. President WSCS; Box 33, Camilla,
Ga. 31730
The United Methodist Church 83
Thornton, B. I.; (4) (M) Lumber & Building Supplies; Box 190,
Cordele, Ga. 31015
Mayo, George W.; (8) (M) Insurance; Box 592, Savannah, Ga. 31402
Carruth, Mrs. Carlton; (11) (M) Housewife; Box 408, St. Simons
Island, Ga. 31522
Henderson, Zach S.; (9) (M) Educator; P. O. Box 2045, Statesboro,
Ga. 30458
Reserves
Hancock, C.W.; (M) Minister; Box 149, Macon, Ga. 31202
Cleveland, Weyman R.; (M) Minister; 429 Abercorn St., Savannah,
Ga. 31401
Cariker, C. E.; (M) District Superintendent; Box 828, Thomasville,
Ga. 31792
Steel, C. E.; (M) District Superintendent; 631 E. Victory Dr., Savan-
nah, Ga. 31405
Robertson, Vernard E.; (M) District Superintendent; Box 2568, Val-
dosta, Ga. 31601
Alsohrook, W. A.; (M) Minister; Box 541, Bainbridge, Ga. 31717
Shirah, A. Jason; (M) Minister; Box 867, Columbus, Ga. 31902
Peterson, Will; (M) Manufacturer; Box 56, Soperton, Ga. 30457
Braucht, Jack H.; (M) U. S. Civil Service; 101 Donald Dr., Warner
Robins, Ga. 31093
Martin, S. Walter; (M) College President; Valdosta State College,
Valdosta, Ga. 31601
Harrison, Walter; (M) Business; Millen, Ga. 30442
Hall, Kenneth T.; (M) Optician; 121 Briarcliff Rd., Warner Robins,
Ga. 31093
Bostwick, W. E.; (M) Banker; Arlington, Ga. 31713
Heard, Milton, Jr.; (M) Dentist; 285 Country Club Rd., Macon,
Ga. 31204
SOUTH GERMANY (4) OS
Sec. D, Rows 13-14, Seats 11-12
"^Sticker, Hermann; (5) (E) Superintendent; 741 Reutlingen, P.
Corneliusstr. 26, Germany
Sackmann, Dieter A.; (6) (M) Minister; 7 Stuttgart 1, Sophienstr.
21 D, Germany
Jetter, Richard; (9) (E) Businessman; 79 Ulm, Pionierstr, 3, Ger-
many
Fischer, Dr. Heinz P.; (1) (M) Court President; 79 Ulm, Haidweg
9, Germany
Reserves
Dimmler, Rolf; (M) Superintendent; 88 Ansbach, Juedtstr. 15, Ger-
many
Schwaiger, Walter; (E) Minister; 7 Stuttgart 1, Silberburgstr. 134
A, Germany
Richter, Kurt; (E) Functionary; 714 Ludwigsburg, Hubertusstr. 19,
Germany
Kaelble, Alfred; (M) Functionary; 7144 Asperg, Osterholzstr, 33,
Germany
SOUTH INDIA (2) OS
Sec. B, Row 7, Seats 11-12
Samuel, S. K.; (11) (M) District Superintendent; Methodist Church,
P. O. Yadgiri, Mysore State, India
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Devadanam, H. M.; (4) (M) ; c/o Rev. Solomon Sabana, Methodist
Church, P. 0. Raichur, Mysore State, India
Reserves
Raja, Victor; (M) Methodist Boys Hostal, P. 0. Gulbarga, Mystore
State, India
Budarpur, H. C; (M) c/o Rev. K. T. Shanta Raj, Methodist Church,
P. 0. Belgaum, Mysore State, India
SOUTH INDIANA (18) NC
Sec. B, Rows 13-14, Seats 1-9
""Forbes, J. Kenneth; (2) (M) Exec. Asst. to Bishop; 1100 West
42nd St., Indianapolis, Ind. 46208
Hodapp, Leroy C; (1) (M) Program Director, Program Council;
2427 E. Second St., Bloomington, Ind. 47401
Hamilton, Richard E.; (3) (M) Minister; 2109 Lincoln, Evansville,
Ind. 47714
Crawford, Gene P.; (8) (E) Minister; 47 Union St., Indianapolis,
Ind. 46227
Emerson, Joe G.; (7) (M) District Superintendent; 1214 Southfield
Rd., Evansville, Ind. 47715
Stroh, Byron F.; (6) (M) Minister; 3808 N. Meridian St., India-
napolis, Indiana 46208
Rice, George E.; (14) (M) Minister; 2960 N. Capitol Ave., India-
napolis, Indiana 46208
Stanton, Charles F.; (4) (E) District Superintendent; 3 Orchard
Lane, New Albany, Ind. 47150
Koenig, Robert W.; (11) (E) Exec. Dir. Church Fed.; 1100 West
42nd St., Indianapolis, Ind. 46208
Green, Mrs. Robert E.; (9) (M) Homemaker; 117 E. Staat St.,
Fortville, Ind. 46040
Wilcoxon, Francis; (7) (E) Insurance; R. R. 1, Brazil, Indiana
47834
Thomas, John J.; (4) (M) Attorney; R. R. 1, Brazil, Indiana 47834
Bingham, Clifford; (13) (E) ; 1368 N. Ridgeview Dr., Indianapolis,
Ind. 46219
Susat, Edward; (10) (M) Dir. Placement Service, Univ. of Evans-
ville; 2901 Wayside Dr., Evansville, Ind. 47711
Bastain, Miss Mary Lee; (5) (M) Teacher; 1705 H Street, Bedford,
Ind. 47421
Bryant, Thomas; (2) (M) Census Bureau Clerk; 1431 Frederick,
Jeffersonville, Ind. 47130
Easley, John; (1) (E) Pharmacist; Clay City, Indiana 47841
Evans, Daniel F.; (12) (M) Company President; 6463 N. Illinois,
Indianapolis, Ind. 46260
Reserves
Blaising, Marcus J.; (M) District Superintendent; 604 Black Rd.,
New Castle, Ind. 47362
Tyler, Charles A.; (M) District Superintendent; 644 East 38th St.,
Indianapolis, Ind. 46205
Holmes, Robert C; (M) District Superintendent; 1005 N. East St.,
Greensburg, Ind. 47240
Hancock, C. David; (E) District Superintendent; 58 Briarwood Dr.,
Terre Haute, Ind. 47803
Marrs, Ross W.; (M) District Superintendent; 644 E. 38th St.,
Indianapolis, Ind. 46205
The United Methodist Church 85
Lawson, David J.; (M) Minister; 801 Main St., Beech Grove, Ind.
46107
Murphy, William T.; (M) District Superintendent; 644 E. 38th St.,
Indianapolis, Ind. 46205
O'Dell, A. Glen; (E) Minister; 1040 Washington Ave., Evansville,
Ind. 47714
Christopher, Richard L.; (M) District Superintendent; P.O. Box 33,
Vincennes, Ind. 47591
Phillips, Samuel B.; (M) District Superintendent; Box 566, Green-
castle, Ind. 46135
Lorch, Basil H., Jr.; (M) Attorney; 1802 Crestview Dr., New Albany,
Ind. 47150
Pinaire, Edward; (M) Lithograph & Engraving Co.; 1210 West-
wood Lane, New Albany, Ind. 47150
Kibler, Russell; (M) Insurance; Farmersburg, Indiana 47850
Crawford, Raymond P.; (E) ; 2103 E. Elm St., New Albany, Ind.
47150
Talbott, Norbert L.; (M) Exec. Sec'y March of Dimes; 179 N. Post
Road, Indianapolis, Ind. 46219
Penrod, Miss Blanche; (E) Retired, Dean of Women; 1846 Colt Rd.,
Indianapolis, Ind. 46227
Graves, Wallace B.; (M) University President; Lincoln Ave., Evans-
ville, Indiana 47714
Hirschman, Russell; (M) Retired Business Executive; 7320 E. 96th
St., Indianapolis, Ind. 46240
Bechdol, Mrs. Ralph; (M) Homemaker; R. R. 1, Fountaintown, In-
diana 46130
Harris, Mrs. C. 0.; (M) Homemaker; 3118 26th St., Columbus, Ind.
47401
SOUTHEAST AFRICA (2) OS
Sec. A, Row 8, Seats 9-10
Penicela, Almeida; (M) Director of High School; Caixa Postal 1505
Lourenco Marques Mozambique, Africa
Simbine, Titos J.; (M) Medical Nurse; Caixa Postal 2640 Lourenco
Marques Mozambique, Africa
Reserves
Helgesson, Alf ; (M) Missionary; 59 Westmoreland Rd., Kensington,
Johannesburg, South Africa
Mujongue, Chadreque J., (M) Field Treasurer; Caixa Postal 7, Mor-
rumbene, Mozambique, Africa
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA-ARIZONA (24) W
Sec. A, Rows 17-18, Seats 1-12
*Talbert, Melvin G.; (13) (M) District Superintendent; 5108
Meadow Wood Ave., Lakewood, California 90712
Trotter, F. Thomas; (6) (M) Dean; School of Theology, Claremont,
California 91711
Cain, Richard W.; (2) (M) Minister; 5510 N. Central Ave., Phoenix,
Arizona 85012
Farley, Thomas K.; (1) (M) Assoc. Program Director; 5250 Santa
Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90029
Chen, Peter F.; (7) (M) Minister; 3500 S. Normandie Ave., Los
Angeles, California 90007
Phillips, Randall C; (11) (M) Minister; 711 S. Plymouth, Los
Angeles, California 90005
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Wheatley, Melvin E., Jr.; (3) (M) Minister; 10497 Wilshire Blvd.,
Los Angeles, California 90024
Kcsler, N. Robert; (14) (M) Minister; 4690 Palm Ave., La Mesa,
California 92041
Galvan, Elias G.; (12) (M) Dir. Ethnic Plans & Strategy; 3954
City Terrace Dr., Los Angeles, California 90063
Gustafson, Laverne H.; (5) (E) Minister; 3295 Meade Ave., San
Diego, California 92116
Hildebrand, Will M.; (4) (M) Assoc. Prog. Director; 5250 Santa
Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90029
Trotter, J. Irwin; (10) (M) District Superintendent; 5250 Santa
Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90029
Bobbitt, Pauline; (13) (M) Conf. President WSCS & Homemaker;
4014 El Rovia Ave., El Monte, California 91731
Aguilar, Clifford B.; (6) (M) Dir. Hospital Purchasing Dept.; 5910
Belice Ave., Long Beach, California 90815
Myers, David L.; (5) (M) Vice-Pres. Memorial Park; 6300 Forest
Lawn Dr., Los Angeles, California 90028
Harkness, Georgia; (1) (M) Retired Professor & Author; 927 Emer-
son PL, Claremont, California 91711
Hook, Ralph C, Jr.; (4) (M) College Dean; 452 Dune Circle, Kailua,
Hawaii 96734
Hutchinson, Mildred; (11) (M) Homemaker; 1432 W. 102nd St.,
Los Angeles, California 90047
Williams, George F.; (2) (M) Conference Treasurer; 5250 Santa
Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90029
Otwell, William; (7) (M) College Student; 1336 Hall, Tempe,
Arizona 85281
Cuaresma, Consuelo O.; (3) (M) School Teacher; Kekaha, Hawaii
96752
Martin, Gordon; (8) (M) Physicist; 2627 Burgener Blvd., San Diego,
California 92110
McKenzie, Leon T.; (9) (M) Vice-President Mfg. Co.; 2350 Daladier
Dr., San Pedro, California 90732
Saito, Kazuo; (10) (M) Landscape Gardener; 120 N. Bonnie Brae
St., Los Angeles, California 90026
Reserves
Locher, Donald R.; (M) Minister; 305 E. Anapamu, Santa Barbara,
California 93101
Sasaki, James K.; (M) Minister; 333 S. Garfield Ave., Monterey
Park, California 91754
Mann, George M.; (M) Minister; 3759 Orange Ave. Long Beach,
California 90807
Coots, Fred H.; (M) Minister; 400 W. Duarte Rd., Arcadia, Cali-
fornia 91006
Zimmer, John A.; (M) Minister; 114 N. Pomona Ave., Fullerton,
California 92632
Torrance, Calvin W.; (M) Minister; 817 W. 34th St., Los Angeles,
California 90007
Harada, David J.; (M) Minister; 280 Panio St., Honolulu, Hawaii
96821
Hinshaw, Lawrence A.; (M) District Superintendent; 5250 Santa
Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90029
Ragsdale, Ray W.; (M) Minister; 1551 El Prado, Torrance, Cali-
fornia 90501
Edwards, K. Morgan; (M) Seminary Professor; 1080 Scripps Dr.,
Claremont, California 91712
White, L. L.; (M) Minister; 3320 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles,
California 90018
The JJyiited Methodist Church 87
Olivas, Mardoqueo L.; (M) Dir. Plaza Comm. Center; 648 Indiana
Ave., Los Angeles, California 90023
Robinson, Russell R.; (M) Minister; 5950 E. Willow St., Long Beach,
California 90815
Hole, D. Leslie; (M) Retired Business Executive; 4467 West 61st
St., Los Angeles, California 90043
Griggs, Ulysses S., Sr. ; (M) Exec. Housing Authority; 1524 West
36th PL, Los Angeles, California 90018
Grumbein, Percy; (E) Engineer; 845 St. John PL, Claremont, Cali-
fornia 91711
Mauerhan, Clarence W. ; (E) Citrus Rancher; 210 Narcissus St.,
Corona Del Mar, California 92625
Cooper, Lawrence T.; (M) Retired Business Executive; 2710 Lorain
Rd., San Marino, California 91108
Walker, Marion R.; (M) Agriculturist; 2751 Poll St., Ventura, Cali-
fornia 93003
Akamine, Ernest K.; (M) Professor; 2255 Hulali PL, Honolulu,
Hawaii 96819
Harshman, David T.; (M) Insurance; 1125 E. Broadway, Glendale,
Calif. 91209
Allen, Jerry; (M) College Student; 8708 10th Ave. #3, Inglewood,
California 90305
Rollins, William B.; (M) Coordinator MUM; 9910 S. Cimarron St.,
Los Angeles, California 90047
Lindsey, Jane; (M) Homemaker; 518 Carvalos Dr., Chula Vista,
California 92010
Self, Nancy; (M) Homemaker; 6481 El Roble St., Long Beach, Cali-
fornia 90815
Orton, Hubert E.; (M) Real Estate; 6253 Hollywood Blvd., Los
Angeles, Calif. 90028
SOUTHERN CONGO (2) OS
Sec. D, Row 4, Seats 11-12
Kaputo, Elie M.; (11) (M) School Professor; Ecole Secondaire-Unie,
Katubwe B. P. 780, Luluabourg Republique Democratique du Congo
Muteteke, Paul; (3) (M) Director Normal School; Institut Brinton
Mwajinga-Sandoa — Katanga, Republique Democratique du Congo
Reserves
Shindany, Joseph N.; (M) Minister; Eglise Methodiste-Unie, B. P.
76, Kapanga, Republique Democratique du Congo
Mulundu, Jonathan S.; (M) General Secretary, Congo Protestant
Church Council; B. P. 2714 Kinshasa I, Republique Democratique
du Congo
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (8) NC
Sec. C, Rows 3-4, Seats 6-9
*Sims, R. Paul; (5) (M) District Superintendent; 402 N. Poplar,
Carbondale, Illinois 62901
Lowe, Donald L.; (2) (M) District Superintendent; 1019 N. Burtschi,
Vandalia, Illinois 62417
Lewis, William B.; (14) (M) Minister; St. Louis & 2nd, Edwardsville,
Illinois 62025
Hollis, Robert R.; (6) (M) Minister; 2 Signal Hill Blvd., E. St.
Louis, Illinois 62203
Fechtig, Norman; (3) (E) Assistant Supt. of Schools; R#l, Carmi,
Illinois 62821
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Thompson, Everett K.; (4) (M) Manuf. Concrete Prod.: Sesser,
Illinois 62884
Cummins, Marlene; (7) (M) Conf. Pres. WSCS, Teacher; 1710 Kane,
Carlyle, Illinois 62231
Stanley, David L.; (1) (M) Attorney; Carmi, Illinois 62821
Reserves
Kauffman, John E.; (E) Minister; 700 N. East Ave., Olney, Illinois
62450
Nettleton, James L.; (M) Program Director; 1919 Broadway, Mt.
Vernon, Illinois 62864
Henderson, Johii; (M) District Superintendent; 502 W. St. Louis,
Lebanon, Illinois 62254
Lippman, Roland A.; (M) Minister; 413 E, Broadway, Centralia,
Illinois 62801
Smith, Lowell; (M) Owner Auto Agency; Eldorado, Illinois 62930
Davis, Doris; (M) Member Executive Comm., Gen. Bd. of Christian
Social Concerns; P. O. Box 158, Robinson, Illinois 62454
Buford, John L.; (M) School Administrator, Retired; 1020 N. 18th
St., Mt. Vernon, 111. 62864
Rider, John R.; (M) So. Illinois Univ. Faculty; Edwardsville, Illinois
62025
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND (10) NE
Sec. C, Rows 9-10, Seats 5-9
*Caldwell, Gilbert H., Jr.; (2) (M) Exec. Dir., Ministerial Interfaith
Ass'n., NY; 25 West 132nd Street, New York, New York 10035
White, E. McKinnon; (1) (M) District Superintendent; 388 Porter
St., Melrose, Mass. 02176
White, C. Dale; (10) (M) District Superintendent; 43 Gould Place,
East Greenwich, R. I. 02818
Ziegler, Wilbur C; (6) (M) Minister; 204 Pondview Dr., Springfield,
Mass. 01108
Muelder, Walter G.; (3) (M) University Dean; 82 Oxford Rd.,
Newton Center, Mass. 02159
Smith, Harold F.; (7) (M) Director, Hayden Goodwill Inn for Boys;
9 Queen Street, Dorchester, Mass. 02122
Johnson, Harry L., II; (8) (M) Management; 62 White Place, Brook-
line, Mass. 02146
Grain, Dight W.; (4) (M) Management; 10 Clover Lane, Natick,
Mass. 01760
Spurr, Miss Edith; (13) (M) Student Nurse; 240 Lynn St., Peabody,
Mass. 01960
Weinberg, Stanley C, Jr.; (5) (M) ; 197 Highland St., Manchester,
Conn. 06040
Reserves
Harding, Richard E.; (M) Conf. Program Director; 286 Marrett Rd.,
Lexington, Mass. 02173
Uhlinger, James R.; (M) District Superintendent; R. D. 4, Center
Rd., Box 529, Bolton, Conn. 06040
Post, John E.; (M) Minister; 18 McKay Ave., Fitchburg, Mass. 01420
Felder, Cain H.; (M) Executive Director, B.M.C.R.; 890 Beckwith
St., S.W., Atlanta, Ga. 30314 .
Almond, Lawrence F.; (M) Exec. Director, Mass. Bible Society;
652 Commercial St., Weymouth Heights, Mass. 02189
Lindsay, T. Landon; (M) Special Ministry in Human Relations;
18 Faulkner Hill Rd., Acton, Mass. 01720
The United Methodist Church 89
Gee, Thomas A.; (E) Executive; 5 Aberdeen Rd., Weston, Mass.
02193
Stewart, Mrs. Mary; (M) Housewife; Suncrest Dr., Somers, Conn.
06071
Bell Thomas; (M) Retired; 31 King St., Putnam, Conn. 06260
Anderson, Mrs. Ruth; (M) Housewife; Bray Rd., Shelburne Falls,
Mass. 01370
Shinn, Ridgway F., Jr.; (M) Professor; 22 Whittier Dr., Johnston,
R. I. 02919
Yeo, J. Wendell; (M) Professor; 11 Brae Burn Rd., Auburndale,
Mass. 02166
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY (8) NE
Sec. C, Rows 20-21, Seats 9-12
Sayre, Charles A.; (9) (M) Minister; 24 Hinchman Ave., Haddon-
field, N. J. 08033
Davis, Hooker D.; (1) (M) District Superintendent; 510 Main St.,
Elmer, N. J. 08318
Lee, Ernest W.; (2) (M) District Superintendent; 199 E. Lake Ave.,
Audubon, N. J. 08106
Stanger, Frank B.; (3) (M) President, Asbury Seminary; 203 As-
bury Dr., Wilmore, Kentucky 40390
*Walker, Leon E.; (4) (M) Computer Supervisor; 432 W. Pine St.,
Audubon, N. J. 08106
Shipps, Hammell P.; (10) (M) Medical Doctor; 136 Winding Way,
Cinnaminson, N. J. 08077
Hann, Edwin F., Jr.; (8) (M) Lawyer; Apt. A, 101 Farnsworth
Ave., Bordentown, N. J. 08505
Brogdon, Mrs. Elizabeth S.; (7) (M) President Conf. WSCS; 4
Ramapo Lane, Beach Haven, N. J. 08008
Reserves
Cheney, Edward B.; (M) District Superintendent; 2 Denise Dr.,
Hamilton Sq., Trenton, N. J. 08690
Marker, Charles W.; (M) District Superintendent; 725 Old Corlies
Ave., Neptune, N. J. 07753
Lang, Albert V.; (M) District Superintendent; 445 E. Main St.,
Moorestown, N. J. 08057
Hawk, Louis B.; (M) District Superintendent; Sharp & Glenside
Avenues, Millville, N. J. 08332
Arnold, Frederick D.; (M) Minister; 47 Fountain Ave., Trenton,
N. J. 08618
Howe, Robert B.; (M) Minister; 36 Delaware Ave., Penns Grove,
N. J. 08069
Estilow, Ulysses S. ; (E) History Professor; Lincoln Rd., Mullica
Hill, N. J. 08062
Kirk, William; (M) O. E. O. Director; 18 Norman Lane, Willingboro,
N. J. 08046
Schilling, Kurt H.; (M) Federal Aviation Agency; 12 Lake Dr.,
Linwood, N. J. 08221
Backenson, Henry L. ; (M) Insurance; 41 Lake St., Bridgeton, N. J.
08302
Davis, Elwood; (M) Banking; 1614 N. Arkansas Ave., Atlantic City,
N. J. 08401
Johnson, Mrs. Frank; (M) Housewife; 164 E. Atlantic Ave., Ocean
City, N. J. 08226
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SOUTHWEST (2) SC
Sec. D, Row 12, Seats 7-8
*Lester, W. D.; (9) (M) Minister; 1113 State St., Little Rock, Ark.
72001
Preston, Alice; (3) (M) Pres. Conf. WSCS; Box 98, Murfreesboro,
Arkansas 71958
Reserves
None
SOUTHWEST GERMANY (4) OS
Sec. A, Rows 11-12, Seats 6-7
*Michelmann, Heinrich; (1) (M) Superintendent; 75 Karlsruhe 41,
Auer Str. 20 a — Germany
Mossinger, Manfred; (5) (E) Minister; 7534 Birkenfeld, Schillerstr.
10 — Germany
Wunderlich, Maria; (4) (M) ; 6 Frankfurt am Main 1, Grillpar-
zerstr. 34 — Germany
Hermann, Dr. Erich; (13) (E) Director; 6 Frankfurt am Main 50,
Kobbachstr. 9 — Germany
Reserves
Kumm, Kurt; (M) Minister; 6 Frankfurt am Main 1, Wilhelm-
Leuschner-Str. 8 — Germany
Deiss, Werner; (E) Minister; 753 Pforzheim, Simmlerstr. 4 — Ger-
many
Hermann, Theodor; (M) 633 Wetzlar, Am Sturzkopf 24f— Germany
Weber, Oskar; (E) ; 6 Frankfurt am Main, Egelsbacher Str. 1, Ger-
many
SOUTHWEST TEXAS (12) SC
Sec. D, Rows 11-12, Seats 1-6
* Dixon, Ernest T.; (6) (M) Staff, Program Council; 601 W. River-
view, Dayton, Ohio 45406
Heaeock, Jack D.; (11) (M) District Superintendent; Box 6301,
Corpus Christi, Texas 78411
Ricker, George M.; (5) (M) Minister; 3151 Reid Drive, Corpus
Christi, Texas 78404
Owens, J. Garfield; (7) (M) District Superintendent; P. O. Box
28098, San Antonio, Texas 78228
Richardson, Ted I.; (9) (M) Minister; 2140 Allandale, Austin,
Texas 78756
Seiler, Ralph H.; (12) (M) Minister; 230 E. Travis, San Antonio,
Texas 78205
Reavley, Tom; (1) (M) Judge; 1312 Meriden Lane, Austin, Texas
78703
King, John T.; (3) (M) College President; 2400 Givens Ave., Austin,
Texas 78722
Walker, James M.; (2) (M) Electronics; 973 Jefferson Ave., Seguin,
Texas 78155
McMillan, Mrs. Norris; (13) (M) Member, Bd. of Missions; Mason,
Texas 76856
Hand, Don J.; (4) (M) Attorney; 723 Pickwell Dr., San Antonio,
Texas 78223
The United Methodist Church 91
Wilshusen, Mrs. John; (10) (M) Conf. Pres. WSCS; 326 Glenmore,
Corpus Christi, Texas 78412
Reserves
Holmes, William A.; Minister; 2409 Guadalupe St., Austin, Texas
78703
Woods, Prenza L.; (M) Assoc. Prog. Dir. ; Box 28098, San Antonio,
Texas 78228
Hierholzer, Elmer J.; (M) District Superintendent; 1209 Whitewing,
McAllen, Texas 78501
Harris, William M.; (M) District Superintendent; 4012 Crescent
Dr Austin Texas 78722
Ader',Joe K.;\u) Minister; Box 268, El Campo, Texas 77437
Gray, Barrel D.; (M) Minister; 227 W. Woodlawn, San Antonio,
Texas 78212
Mann, C. Jordan; (M) District Superintendent; Box 687, Kerrville,
Texas 78028
Lembke, Dr. Glen L.; (M) Theological Professor; 134 Bryker Dr.,
San Antonio, Texas 78209
McQueen, Jack; (M) Bell Telephone Executive; 4650 Janssen, Corpus
Christi, Texas 78411
Woolsey, R. W.; (M) Attorney; Box 2446, Corpus Christi, Texas
Perry, Kirby W.; (M) Architect; Box 5544, Austin, Texas 78703
Brovi^n, Dr. Claude W.; (M) Oil Development; Box 1029, McCamey,
Texas 79752
Spruce, Miss Susan; (M) Student; c/o Mrs. Robert Spruce, Flores-
ville, Texas 78011
Erck, Fred; (M) Rancher & Banker; Box 156, Alice, Texas 78332
SWEDEN (2) OS
Sec. C, Row 11, Seats 6-7
Larson, Gunnar E.; (5) (M) Minister; Sturegatan 16, S 502 31
Boras, Sw^eden
*Amark, Curt; (4) (M) Doctor; Sagostigen 5, 161 37 Bromma,
Sweden
Reserves
Berg, Josef E.; (M) District Superintendent; Aschebergsg. 38,411.33
Goteborg, Sweden
Lindell, Rolf; (M) Minister; Frostv. 19, 441 00 Alingsas, Sweden
Wedar, Torsten E. V.; (M) Minister; Sibylleg. 18, 114 42 Stockholm,
Sweden
Carlstedt, Gustav G.; (M) Minister; Flemingg. 14, 602 24 Norrkoping,
Sweden
Holm, Carl-Axel; (M) Fil. Mag. Teacher; Liljeholmens Folkhogskola,
590 41 Rimforsa, Sweden
Collin, Anne Marie; (M) Seminary Teacher; Box 376, 721 07 Vasteras,
Sweden
Nordieng, Ingemar; (M) Optician; Hallandsg, 30, 571 00 Nassjo,
Sweden
Carro, Bengt; (M) Ing.; Egilsv. 84, 151 57 Soder*alje, Sweden
SWITZERLAND (M) (2) OS
Sec. D, Row 12, Seats 11-12
Tobler, Theophil J.; (5) (M) Superintendent; Weyerstrasse 22, CH-
3084 Wabern BE, Switzerland
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*Gsell, Theophil H.; (4) (M) Pres., Methodist Church in Switzerland;
Hallwilstrasse 2, CH-5600 Lenzburg, Switzerland
Reserves
Siegfried, Peter M.; (M) Minister; Rue Kageneck no. 7 F-67, Stras-
bourg, France
Rohmann, Kurt M.; (M) Lay-Leader; Gartenstadtstrasse 21, CH-
3098 Koniz BE, Switzerland
SWITZERLAND (E) (2) OS
Sec. D, Row 11, Seats 11-12
Geissbuhler, Theo; (13) (E) Minister; Frey-Herose-Strasse 17, 5000
Aarau, Switzerland
*Stich, Siegfried; (9) (E) Textil-Kauf mann ; Larchenfeld 414, 4803
Vordemwald, Switzerland
Reserves
Buchmiiller, Josua; (E) Minister; Gellertstrasse 144, 4000 Basel,
Switzerland
Merz, Alfred; (E) Chemist; Lettenstr. 5, 5200 Windisch, Switzerland
TENNESSEE (10) SE
Sec. B, Rows 5-6, Seats 1-5
*Tomlin, William H.; (12) (M) District Superintendent; 410 Profes-
sional Plaza Bldg., Madison, Tenn. 37115
Corry, John G.; (6) (M) District Superintendent; 306 Gay St., Nash-
ville, Tenn. 37203
Spain, Robert H.; (13) (M) Minister; 121 Davidson Rd., Nashville,
Tenn. 37205
Fowler, H. Thornton; (9) (M) Publishing House Representative;
201 8th Ave., S., Nashville, Tenn. 37202
Allison, John R.; (3) (M) Minister; 6018 New York Ave., Nashville,
Tenn. 37209
Ford, Floyd; (7) (M) College Professor; Rt. 6, Clarksville, Tenn.
37040
Roberts, Mrs. William T.; (1) (M) Pres. W. S. C. S.; 491 Brentview
Hills Dr., Nashville, Tenn. 37220
Stone, S. Lloyd; (4) (M) Retired U.S. Gov.; 903 Woodmont Dr.,
Murfreesboro, Tenn. 37131
Buttrey, D. Roscoe; (10) (M) Banker; 5936 Sedberry Rd., Nashville,
Tenn. 37205
Sexton, Mrs. Joe; (5) (M) Homemaker; Dover, Tennessee 37058
Reserves
Ritter, Philip M.; (M) Minister; 220 Church St., Murfreesboro, Tenn.
37130
Broyles, Jay E.; (M) District Superintendent; 418 Minerva Dr.,
Murfreesboro, Tenn. 37130
Strother, W.Bruce; (M) Minister; Gallatin, Tennessee 37066
Alexander, Ben C; (M) Minister; 204 E. Spring St., Cookeville,
Tenn. 38501
Morris, William W.; (M) Conf. Program Council; 1907 Acklen Ave.,
Nashville, Tenn. 37212
Jones, George K.; (M) Minister; 422 GlenPark Dr., Nashville, Tenn.
37217
Calhoun, Mrs. Frank A.; (M) Gen. Bd. of Missions; 204 Woods
Cr., Columbia, Tenn. 38401
The United Methodist Church 93
Rosser, Mrs. Ellen; (M) Metro Empl.; 805 Lischey Ave., Nashville,
Tenn. 37207
Bell, James M.; (M) ; Dickson, Tennessee 37055
Waller, R. W.; (E) ; Clarksville, Tennessee 37040
Puckett, L. G., Jr.; (M) Businessman; Livingston, Tennessee 38570
Atchison, Calvin; (M) College Professor; 940 37th Ave., N., Nash-
ville, Tenn. 37210
TEXAS (20) SC
Sec. A, Rows 13-14, Seats 1-10
*Hardt, John W.; (6) (M) Minister; Box 3247, Beaumont, Texas
77704
McCleskey, Wayne H.; (7) (M) Minister; 300 W. Ervi^in, Tyler,
Texas 75701
Randolph, Willie B.; (3) (M) District Superintendent; 5215 South
Main, Houston, Tx. 77002
Davis, Carlos W.; (5) (M) District Superintendent; 300 W. Erwin,
Tyler, Texas 75701 '
Shamblin, J. Kenneth; (2) (M) Minister; Box 22013, Houston, Texas
77027
Kellow, M. Keith; (9) (M) District Superintendent; Box 3666, Bryan,
Texas 77801
Fagan, Harold; (4) (M) District Superintendent; Drawer 1101,
Nacogdoches, Tx. 75961
Mayes, Allen M.; (8) (M) Staff, Bd. of Pensions; 1200 Davis St.,
Evanston, 111. 60201
Shook, Wallace T.; (11) (M) District Superintendent; 5215 S. Main,
Houston, Texas 77002
Love, Elza L; (13) (M) Minister; Box 488, Bellaire, Texas 77401
Goens, Ray W.; (2) (M) Physician; 2210 Maroneal, Houston, Tx.
77025
Strickland, Don L.; (4) (M) Business & Investments; Box 1268,
Liberty, Texas 77575
Seals, Woodrow; (1) (M) Judge; 1510 Lehman, Houston, Tx. 77018
Humphrey, L. A., Jr.; (8) (M) Realtor, CPA; 5515 Ave. K, Galveston,
Tx. 77550
Pope, H. David, Jr.; (14) (M) Physician; 3411 Parkway Terrace,
Bryan, Tx. 77801
Morton, Mrs. C; (7) (M) Homemaker; 1360 Prairie, Beaumont,
Tx. 77701
Bramlett, Sam C; (13) (M) Business Executive; 3228 Indiana,
Baytown, Tx. 77520
Clark, Mrs. Lamar; (6) (M) Homemaker; 106 Westwood, Baytown,
Tx. 77520
Decker, Mrs. E. Moore; (10) (M) Homemaker; Box 1307, Jackson-
ville, Tx. 75766
Paxton, James R.; (12) (M) Attorney; Drawer P., Palestine, Texas
75801
Reserves
Allen, Charles L.; (M) Minister; 1320 S. Main, Houston, Tx. 77002
Hayes, Robert E., Sr.; (M) College President; Wiley College, Mar-
shall, Tx. 75670
Heflin, James M.; (M) District Superintendent; Box 898, Baytown,
Tx. 77520
Riley, James L.; (M) Minister; 6856 Bellaire Blvd., Houston, Tx.
77036
Haygood, W. Hooper; (M) Minister; 3611 University Blvd., Houston,
Tx. 77005
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Shoultz, Jack W.; (M) District Superintendent; Drawer 3606, Beau-
mont, Tx. 77704
Robinson, Richard H.; (M) Assoc. Program Director; 5215 S. Main,
Houston, Tx. 77002
Barrow, Emmitt C; (M) Minister; Box 1358, Port Arthur, Tx.
77640
Krause, Bruce E.; (M) Conf. Direc. Leadership Devel.; 5215 S. Main,
Houston, Tx. 77002
Orrick, L. C; (M) Minister; 5501 Beechnut, Houston, Tx. 77035
Murray, Richard T.; (M) Professor, Perkins; SMU, Dallas, Texas
75222
Parr, Thomas H.; (M) Realtor; 3427 Bremond, Houston, Tx. 77004
Wooten, Mrs. H. L.; (M) Teacher; Star Rte., Lovelady, Tx. 75851
Robinson, Frank J.; (M) Utility Co. Supervisor; 1019 12th St.,
Huntsville, Tx. 77340
Greer, W. E.; (M) Attorney; 1502 Driftwood Lane, Galveston, Tx.
77550
Allen, Joe B; (M) Attorney; 1105 Eden, Longview, Tx. 75601
Faubion, Mrs. E. Maurice; (M) Homemaker; 3031 Robinwood, Hous-
ton, Tx. 77005
Jeter, Mrs. Velma M.; (M) Teacher; 1202 Third, Beaumont, Tx.
77701
Crawford, Mrs. Mary G.; (M) Professor; 808 Atkins, Marshall,
Tx. 75670
Sparks, John R.; (M) Attorney; 704 Sherwood, Pasadena, Tx. 77502
Rooks, Frank; (M) FBI Investigator; 10606 Hazelhurst, Houston,
Tx. 77043
McGrew, Mrs. Mary M.; (M) Model Cities Program Planner; 7305
Brompton, Houston, Tx. 77025
TROY (8) NE
Sec. C, Rows 9-10, Seats 1-4
Adkins, Leon M., Jr.; (6) (M) Minister; 21 Sunnyside Rd., Scotia,
N. Y. 12302
Patton, Luther A.; (7) (M) District Superintendent; 8 Brookwood
Dr., Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
Melius, Arthur R.; (1) (M) Minister; 831 Jamaica Rd., Schenectady,
N. Y. 12309
Fishbeck, Royal B., Jr.; (13) (M) Minister; 6 South Lake Ave.,
Troy, N. Y. 12180
*Ogden, Mrs. Selma; (5) (M) Housewife; 316 Northern Blvd., Apt.
1-B, Albany, N. Y. 12204
Cooper, Earle N.; (12) (M) Attorney; Church St., Nassau, New
York 12123
Kirchner, Frederick K.; (11) (M) Scientist; 9 Rural Place, Delmar,
N. Y. 12054
Waterfield, Donald A.; (4) (M) Businessman; 14 Robin Lane, Eagle
Mills, Troy, N. Y. 12180
Reserves
Burgess, E. Clayton, Jr.; (M) Minister; 15 New Street, So. Glen
Falls, N. Y. 12801
Rhinesmith, John G.; (M) District Superintendent; 100 Observatory
St., Bennington, Vermont 05201
Conklin, Rowland S.; (M) District Superintendent; 4 Arden Craig
Dr., Albany, N. Y. 12203
Thomas, Robert B.; (M) Minister; 128 Adams PI., Delmar, N. Y.
12054
The United Methodist Church 95
Trost, Mrs. Alice; (M) Housewife; 30 Fifth Ave., Saratoga Springs,
N. Y. 12866
Vanderbilt, Chester W.; (M) Businessman; 30 Birchwood Ave., Rens-
selaer, N. Y. 12144
Doty, L. Arthur; (M) Businessman; Salisbury, Vermont 05769
Wusterbarth, Harold J.; (M) Accountant; 395 Daniels Ave., Sche-
nectady, N. Y. 12304
UPPER MISSISSIPPI (2) SE
Sec. B, Row 8, Seats 9-10
*Graham, John H.; (6) (M) Board of Missions; 475 Riverside Dr.,
New York, N. Y. 10024
Presley, I. P.; (4) (M) Businessman; 111 College Ave., Kosciusko,
Miss. 39090
Reserves.
None
VIRGINIA (30) SE
Sec. B, Rows 15-16, Seats 1-12
Sec. B, Row 17, Seats 1-6
Sanders, Carl J.; (9) (M) Minister; 3410 S. 8th St., Arlington, Va.
22204
Martin, Paul D., Jr.; (8) (M) District Superintendent; 4016 W.
Broad St., Richmond, Va. 23230
Douglass, Carl H., Jr.; (6) (M) Minister; 4604 Winston Rd., Ports-
mouth, Va. 23703
Fink, Harold H.; (13) (M) Minister; 903 Forest Ave., Richmond,
Va. 23229
Riddick, Roland P.; (2) (M) Program Director; 4016 W. Broad
St., Richmond Va. 23230
Hughes, Harold H.; (7) (M) Minister; 6935 Columbia Pike, Annan-
dale, Va. 22003
Newman, M. Douglas; (0) (M) District Superintendent; 7 Douglas
Dr., Newport News, Va. 23601
Eaton, Harry B.; (3) (M) Minister; 2309 Cameron Mills Rd., Alexan-
dria, Va. 22302
Tate, Godfrey L.; (1) (M) Minister; 3210 Garland Ave., Richmond,
Va. 23222
Lightner, George S.; (8) (M) Personnel (P. Area); 4016 West
Broad St., Richmond, Va. 23230
Fulk, Floyd L; (5) (E) District Superintendent; Box 317, Parksley,
Va. 23421
Carson, Joseph T., Jr.; (10) (M) District Superintendent; Box 265,
Urbanna, Va. 23175
Turner, James W.; (14) (M) District Superintendent; 5001 Echols
Ave., Alexandria, Va. 22311
Eutsler, R. Kern; (1) (M) Executive Director Meth. Homes, Inc.,
4611 W. Broad St., Richmond, Va. 23230
Parker, Robert P.; (12) (M) President, Shenandoah College; 524
Jefferson St., Winchester, Va. 22601
*Bray, Jerry G.; (2) (M) Judge; 707 Liberty St., Chesapeake, Va.
23324
Jefferson, A. G.; (12) (M) Optical Supplies; 204 Pennsylvania Ave.,
Lynchburg, Va. 24502
Walker, W. Roland; (10) (M) Business; Kenbridge, Va. 23944
Rixse, John H., Jr.; (4) (M) Professional Engineer; 717 Grand Viev
Dr., Alexandria, Va. 22305
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Vaughan, William C; (13) (M) Business; 2306 Bedford Ave., Lynch-
burg, Va. 24503
Russell, John B.; (9) (M) Business; 1510 Ross Building, Richmond
Va. 23219
Robey, William T., Jr.; (3) (M) Business; P. O. Box 386, Buena
Vista, Va. 24416
Kellam, Harold B.; (4) (M) Business; 3113 Pacific Ave., Virginia
Beach, Va. 23451
Linhoss, John C; (7) (E) Business; 810 Hillcrest Dr., Staunton,
Va. 24401
White, Luther W., Ill; (3) (M) College President; Randolph-Macon
College, Ashland, Va. 23005
Tignor, Thomas P.; (5) (M) Business; 3925 Park Ave., Richmond,
Va. 23221
Born, Mrs. Harry E.; (7) (M) Housewife; 3046 Germantown Rd.,
Oakton, Va. 22124
Simpson, John C, Jr.; (11) (M) College President; 158 Confederate
Ave., Danville, Va. 24541
Hartz, Mrs. Paul; (11) (M) Conf. President WSCS; P. O. Box 5,
Waverly, Va. 23890
Allen, Mrs. James; (14) (M) Housewife; 1720 S. Fillmore St., Arling-
ton, Va. 22204
Reserves
♦
Minnick, Carlton P.; (M) Minister; P. O. BB, Williamsburg, Va.
23185
Kidd, Charles O.; (M) District Superintendent; 5001 Echols Ave.,
Alexandria, Va. 22311
Ashby, Harvey W.; (M) District Superintendent; 1313 Grove Rd.,
Charlottesville, Va. 22901
Knight, William E.; (M) Minister; 1024 Harpersville Rd., Newport
News, Va. 23601
Sheaffer, Lee B.; (E) Minister; 2421 N. Glebe Rd., Arlington, Va.
22207
Pannell, James M.; (M) Minister; P. 0. Box 906, Portsmouth, Va.
23705
Landis, Theodore E.; (M) Minister; 154 Holbrook Ave., Danville,
Va. 24541
Watkins, R. Beverly; (M) District Superintendent; 5016 Dogwood
Trail, Portsmouth, Va. 23703
Freeman, W. Carroll; (M) District Superintendent; 808 High St.,
Farmville, Va. 23901
Sawyer, John R.; (E) Minister; 410 W. Beverly St., Staunton, Va.
24401
Gruver, Esdras S.; (M) District Superintendent; 162 Hawthorne
Dr., Winchester, Va. 22601
Potts, Edgar A.; (M) Minister; 3268 Allendale St., S. W., Roanoke,
Va. 24014
Felty, Beverly; (M) District Superintendent; 160 Hawthorne Dr.,
Danville, Va. 24541
Davidson, John H.; (M) District Superintendent; 1647 Westover
Ave., Petersburg, Va. 23803
Johnston, Joseph S.; (M) District Superintendent; 5964 Joffa PL,
Springfield, Va. 22150
Mast, Jacob W.; (M) District Superintendent; 2233 Rivermont Ave.,
Lynchburg, Va. 24503
Newman, John W.; (M) District Superintendent; 608 Mountain Trust
Bldg., Roanoke, Va. 24011 „ .,
Kelly, Owen T.; (M) Minister, Retired; 530 Hartswood Trail,
Chesapeake, Va. 23320
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Pope, J. W., Jr., (M) Business; Boykins, Va. 23827
Manning, Charles C; (M) Business; Palmyra, Va. 22963
French, Burton L.; (M) Business; 3614 Paul St., Alexandria, Va.
22311
Header, James A.; (M) Business; Box 433, Salem, Virginia 23040
Fears, Macon F.; (M) Business; Ontario, Virginia 23956
Farley, Charles M.; (M) Business; 306 Royster Bldg., Norfolk, Va.
23510
Figgs, Clyde P.; (M) Business; Parksley, Virginia 23421
Moss, Melvin C; (M) Business; Kinsale, Virginia 22488
Tamkin, R. Naymon; (M) Business; Box 206, Strasburg, Va. 22657
Douglas, Willard H.; (M) Business; 415 N, 2nd St., Richmond,
Va. 23219
Rowe, J. Edgar; (M) Business; 107 Salt Ponds Rd., Hampton, Va.
23364
Decker, Clyde A.; (M) Business; 2904 Replica Lane, Portsmouth,
Va. 23703
Wood, T. Clay; (M) Business; Landelyn Farm, Nokesville, Va. 22123
Reames, David H., Jr.; (M) Business; 1026 Johnson Ave., Petersburg,
Va. 23803
Chiles, Charles E.; (M) Business; Louisa, Virginia 23093
Huber, Paul W.; (M) Business; 2 Edgewood Dr., Nevi^port News,
Va. 23606
Snead, Dr. James G.; (M) Medical; 2923 Rosalind Ave., SW, Roanoke,
Va. 24014
Lockowandt, Walter; (E) Business; 10311 Wood Rd., Fairfax, Va.
22030
WEST BERLIN (4) OS
Sec. B, Row 7, Seats 7-10
""Eckstein, D. D. Herbert; (1) (E) Superintendent; 1-Berlin 33,
Koenigsallee 70, Germany
Manns, Herbert; (13) (M) Minister; 1-Berlin 27, Gorkistr., 127,
Germany
Doering, Martin; (4) (M) Conf, Lay Leader; 1-Berlin 19, Neue
Kantstr. 6, Germany
Meinhardt, Lydia; (7) (E) Conf. Worn. Leader; 1-Berlin 61, Dief-
fenbachstr. 39, Germany
Reserves
Goebel, Eberhard; (E) Minister; 1-Berlin 46, Kaiser Wilhelm Str.
29, Germany
Brose, Winfriecl; (M) Minister; 1-Berlin 61, Bergmannstr. 22, Ger-
many
Kumm, Joachim; (M) Lay representative; 1-Berlin 41, Liebowzeile
12a, Germany
Kleinitz, Erwin; (E) Lay representative; 1-Berlin 61, Dieffenbachstr.
39, Germany
WEST CHINA (2) OS
No delegates elected
WEST MICHIGAN (10) NC
Sec. C, Rows 3-4, Seats 1-5
*Taylor, Lawrence R.; (8) (E) Minister; 1100 Lake Dr., S. E.,
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506
Page, Carlos C; (13) (M) Minister; 275 Pipestone St., Benton
Harbor, Michigan 49022
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Burns, Alden B.; (3) (M) Minister; 3919 Portage Rd., Kalamazoo,
Michigan 49001
Wright, James W.; (6) (M) Minister; 212 S. Park, Kalamazoo,
Michigan 49006
Pohl, Keith I.; (11) (M) UMHE-MSU East Lansing Direc; 118
S. Harrison, East Lansing, Michigan 48823
Wilcox, Katherine W.; (1) (M) Psychologist; 333 Sixth, Traverse
City, Michigan 49684
Newman, Mrs. Rosalyn; (7) (M) Housewife; 2518 Outlook, Kalama-
zoo, Michigan 49001
Peterson, Arden M.; (5) (E) Professor; 2236 Hamilton Rd., Okemos,
Michigan 48864
Babcock, John; (4) (M) Farmer; R. 2, Hartford, Michigan 49057
Holbrook, Donald E.; (2) (M) Circuit Judge; Box 29, Clare, Michigan
48617
Reserves
Avery, Keith T.; (M) Program Director; 11 Fuller S.E., Grand
Rapids, Mich. 49506
Tennayit, John W.; (M) Minister; 114 E. Michigan, Battle Creek,
Mich. 49014
Francis, John L.; (M) District Superintendent; Suite 208, Columbia
Square Bldg., 181 E. Columbia Ave., Battle Creek, Mich. 49015
Forkner, Stanley H.; (E) Staff Director; 11 Fuller S.E., Grand
Rapids, Mich. 49506
DeMoss, Lynn A.; (M) Minister; 600 E. Michigan Ave., Albion,
Mich. 49224
Selleck, Richard A.; (M) Minister; 2109 Carter Dr., Muskegon, Mich.
49441
Strong, Donald T.; (M) Executive; 4602 Canterbury, Kalamazoo,
Mich. 49007
Jackson, Andrew; (M) ; 829 Farnsworth, Big Rapids, Mich. 49037
Sorensen, Earl; (M) Manager, Hudson Farms; Fennville, Mich.
49408
Lundquist, C. David; (M) Attorney; 2425 S. Park, Kalamazoo, Mich.
49001
Dean, Ben, Jr.; (M) Advertising Executive; 1349 Lenox Rd., S.E.,
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506
Kennaugh, John H.; (E) Executive Secretary; 514 Elmshaven, Lans-
ing, Mich. 48917
WEST OHIO (36) NC
Sec. C, Rows 13-14-15, Seats 1-12
*Messmer, William K.; (9) (E) Administrative Ass't to Bishop
Ensley; 395 E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio 43215
Stuckey, Paul E.; (3) (M) Minister; 90 W. College Ave., Westerville,
Ohio 43081
Byler, Robert A.; (13) (M) Minister; 2657 E. Broad St., Columbus,
Ohio 43209
Graham, Joseph R.; (10) (E) District Superintendent; 898 E. State
St., Athens, Ohio 45701
Hardin, Granville N.; (14) (M) Minister; 395 E. Broad St., Colum-
bus, Ohio 43215
Rodeheffer, Calvin; (9) (M) District Superintendent; 522 National
Bank Bldg., Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
Riley, Sumpter M., Jr.; (5) (M) District Superintendent; 205 Ma-
sonic Bldg., Lima, Ohio 45801
Colaw, Emerson S.; (5) (M) Minister; 1345 Grace Ave., Cincinnati,
Ohio 45208
The United Methodist Church 99
Flinchbaugh, James E.; (6) (E) Minister; 2701 S. Smithville Rd.,
Dayton, Ohio 45420
Biddle, Glenn H.; (7) (E) Director of Ministries; 333 Pearl St.,
Jackson, Ohio 45640
Chiles, Paul D.; (8) (M) District Superintendent; 514-1/2 Third
St., Defiance, Ohio 43512
Vandegriff, Paul M.; (1) (M) Minister; 2658 Drummond Rd., Toledo,
Ohio 43606
Ber gland, John K.; (6) (E) Dir. of Admissions, United Theo. Sem.;
1810 Harvard Blvd., Dayton, Ohio 45406
Yocorn, Donald R.; (7) (M) Minister; 524 S. Collins Ave., Lima,
Ohio 45204
Dickhaut, Walter R., St.; (6) (M) District Superintendent; 2138
Madison Ave., Toledo, Ohio 43624
Osborn, John F.; (2) (E) Assoc. Director, Program Council; 395
E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio 43215
Dutt, Harold; (12) (E) District Superintendent; 601 W. Riverview
Ave., Dayton, Ohio 45406
Calkins, Raoul C.; (3) (M) Ex. Secy., Quadrennial Emphasis Com-
mittee; 601 W. Riverview Ave., Dayton, Ohio 45406
Hottle, Darrell; (2) (M) Judge; 355 W. Walnut St., Hillsboro, Ohio
45133
Slutz, Leonard D.; (2) (M) Attorney; Tri-State Bldg., 432 Walnut
St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
DeLong, Dale F.; (4) (E) Insurance Agent; 590 Ridgewood Dr.,
Circleville, Ohio 43113
Hunt, Kenneth W.; (1) (M) Technician; P. 0. Box 73, Casstown
Ohio 45312
Hawkins, Donald; (4) (M) Attorney; 2227 Innisbrook Rd., Toledo,
Ohio 45208
Boda, Harold L.; (3) (E) ; 3101 Kenmore Ave., Dayton, Ohio 45420
Leonard, Mrs. James M.; (11) (M) Housewife; 811 Francis Ave.,
Columbus, Ohio 43209
Redmond, Charles D.; (12) (E) Attorney; 2857 Charing Rd., Colum-
bus, Ohio 43221
Heisel, Eldred B.; (4) (E) Physician; 5595 Roberts, Hilliard, Ohio
43026
Detty, Darrell; (5) (E) Business Executive; 411 Mill Lawn Ave.,
Oak Hill, Ohio 45656
Momberg, Paul B.; (8) (M) Banker; 148 Wrenwood Lane, Terrace
Park, Ohio 45174
Cochrun, Edgar; (13) (E) Sales Engineer; Box 186, Etna, Ohio
43018
Cox, Miss Sarah; (1) (M) Claim Supervisor; 1324 Ida Ave., Colum-
bus, Ohio 43212
Henderson, Mrs. Henry; (10) (M) Homemaker; 5214 Ebersole Ave.,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45227
Richer, Ben; (14) (E) Engineer; 3142 Huron PI., Lima, Ohio 45806
Weston, Charles H.; (7) (M) Public Administrator; 711 Hayden
Park Dr., Columbus, Ohio 43219
Gilts, George; (13) (E) Retired; 641 Second St., Findlay, Ohio 45840
Fichter, Joseph W.; (11) (M) Educator; 28 E. Vine St., Oxford,
Ohio 45056
Reserves
Smith, William E.; (M) Minister; 3434 Broadway, Columbus, Ohio
43214
Davis, James T. (M) Minister; 3215 Woodburn Ave., Cincinnati,
Ohio 45207
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Dixon, W. Edge; (M) Minister; 296 Weyden Rd., Worthington, Ohio
43085
Seay, John W.; (M) Minister; 3486 Epworth Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio
45211
Crabtree, H. Glenn; (E) Minister; 623 E. Boundary St., Perrysburg,
Ohio 43551
Sageser, David B.; (M) Minister; 2701 Zollinger Rd., Columbus,
Ohio 43221
Delp, Walter Owen, Jr.; (E) Regional Director Program Council;
913 S. Johnson St., Ada, Ohio 45810
Longsworth, John E.; (M) District Superintendent; Rock Knoll West,
Rt. 6, Lancaster, Ohio 43130
Miller, Millard J.; (E) District Superintendent; 1017 Oakdale Dr.,
Findlay, Ohio 45840
Chow, W. Jing; (M) Minister; Etna, Ohio 43018
Cryer, Donald W.; (M) Minister; 140 Stonemill Rd., Dayton, Ohio
45409
Minus, Paul M., Jr.; (M) Professor; 259 W. Riverglenn Dr.,
Worthington, Ohio 43085
Wiley, Carl L.; (E) Minister; 4914 Cleveland Ave., Columbus, Ohio
43229
Smith, Rex C; (E) Regional Director Program Council; Route #3,
Logan, Ohio 43138
Shunk, Ralph K.; (M) Minister; 51 N. State St., Westerville, Ohio
43081
Ling, Carl C; (M) Minister; 900 Van Buren St., Fostoria, Ohio
44830
Fetter, C. Willard; (E) Minister; 1516 Salem Ave., Dayton, Ohio
45406
McCormack, James H.; (M) Minister; 225 Ludlow Ave., Hamilton,
Ohio 45011
Coad, Richard P.; (M) District Superintendent; 601 W. Riverview
Ave., Dayton, Ohio 45406
Emmert, Herman A.; (E) Minister; 1585 Compton Rd., Cincinnati,
Ohio 45231
Whitmore, Austin R.; (M) Director Program Council; 395 E. Broad
St., Columbus, Ohio 43215
Sampson, Charles T.; (E) Field Procurement Wright Patterson
AFB; 308 Geneva Rd., Dayton, Ohio 45417
Harbarger, Wayne Boyce, Jr.; (M) Electronics Engineer; 193 E.
South St., Jackson, Ohio 45640
Kaatz, Torrey A; (E) Facilities Manager; 2144 Millwood Court,
Toledo, Ohio 43613
Shields, Joe; (M) Banker; 301 South Patterson, Forest, Ohio 45843
McVey, Charles; (E) ; 62 Franklin, Athens, Ohio 45701
Trenary, Mrs. Phyllis; (E) ; 2578 Maplewood Dr., Columbus, Ohio
43229
Moots, Phillip R.; (M) Legal Advisor; 149 W. Kenworth Rd., Colum-
bus, Ohio 43214
Cochran, Robert E.; (E) Accountant; Route 2, St. Marys, Ohio
45885
Carter, Clifford L.; (M) Insurance; 561 Howell Dr., Newark, Ohio
43055
Lee, Jack W.; (M) Banker; 4152 Ural Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43213
Goodwin, Mrs. Louise; (M) Homemaker; 2320 Shawnee Rd., Lima,
Ohio 45806
Medkeff, Mrs. Emma; (E) Homemaker; 6268 Banning Rd., Cin-
cinnati, Ohio 45239
Jenkins, Daniel C; (M) Judge; 128 S. Jackson PL, New Lexington,
Ohio 43764
The United Methodist Church 101
Mclnturf, Wayne; (M) ; Route 4, McConnelsville, Ohio 43756
Kelz, Linton; (M) Retired; 2800 Dixie Highway, Hamilton, Ohio
45015
Baker, Mrs. Jane; (M) Homemaker; P. 0. Box 68, Worthington,
Ohio 43085
Richardson, John W.; (M) ; Bowersville, Ohio 45307
Baird, C. Robert; (M) Accountant; Gratiot, Ohio 43740
Harkness, Nerval; (M) Salesman; Route 1, Box 130, Mt, Perry,
Ohio 43760
Ballou, James D.; (M) Businessman; 53 Japonica Dr., Cincinnati,
Ohio 45218
Bowen, John; (M) Attorney; 10 E. Town St., Columbus, Ohio 43215
WEST VIRGINIA (18) NE
Sec. C, Rows 7-8, Seats 1-9
Bridges, Ramsey; (6) (M) District Superintendent; 938 Pine Hill
Dr., Fairmont, West Virginia 26554
DiUe, Robert E.; (3) (E) District Superintendent; 51 So. Florida
St., Buckhannon, West Virginia 26201
Collins, Claude R.; (1) (M) District Superintendent; 401 E. Wash-
ington St., Lewisburg, West Virginia 24901
High, Henry R.; (8) (M) Assoc. Direc. Program Council; P. 0.
Box 2313, Charleston, West Virginia 25328
Coleman, Harry; (14) (M) Minister; 106 McGoveran Rd., Charleston,
West Virginia 25314
Miles, Denver L.; (2) (E) District Superintendent; P. O. Drawer
W, Romney, West Virginia 26757
Risinger, Melvin S.; (13) (M) Minister; 815 Kanawha Terrace, St.
Albans, West Virginia 25177
Carr, Marvin H.; (7) (M) Minister; 216 Bosworth St., Philippi,
West Virginia 26416
Potter, Truman W.; (5) (M) Minister; 1221 Quarrier St., Charleston,
West Virginia 25301
Blessing, Roy E.; (8) (E) Insurance CLU; 2125 Lincoln Ave., Point
Pleasant, West Virginia 25550
Hoffman, Mrs. Richard; (3) (M) Housewife; 115 Washington St.,
Wheeling, West Virginia 26003
Engel, Damon L.; (9) (M) Chemical Engineer; 405 Sheridan Circle,
Charleston, West Virginia 25314
Roberts, Sam; (4) (M) Student; Sophia, West Virginia 25921
Everhart, Mrs. Frank B.; (12) (M) Housewife; 119 Price St., King-
wood, West Virginia 26537
Rogers, Mrs. Flyd; (7) (E) Housewife; 1706 23rd St., Parkersburg,
West Virginia 26101
Stanley, Miles; (1) (E) Labor Union Executive; AFL-CIO Head-
quarters, Charleston, West Virginia 25314
Paige, Mrs. Jean; (11) (M) Nurse; 181-17th St., Wheeling, West
Virginia 26003
Froe, D. W.; (10) (M) Office, Economic Opportunity; P. O, Box
1063, Bluefield, West Virginia 24701
Reserves
Hinzman, Parker L.; (E) Minister; Box 336, Mason, West Virginia
25260
Davis, H. Homer; (M) Office of Economic Development; 1802 Wood-
mont Rd., Huntington, West Virginia 25701
Mick, Billee S.; (M) District Superintendent; 318 E. 7th St., Weston,
West Virginia 26452
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Smith, Rossing; (M) District Superintendent; 1716 Market St., Park-
ersburg, West Virginia 26101
Berisford, Martin A., Jr.; (E) Minister; P, 0. Box 367, Buckhannon,
West Virginia 26201
Bowyer, Richard O.; (M) Wesley Foundation; 1105 Locust Ave.,
Fairmont, West Virginia 26554
Edman, Clarence D.; (E) Minister; 1023 Fairfax St., Fairmont, West
Virginia 26554
Reed, James; (E) Assoc. Direc. Program Council; 900 Washington
St. E., Charleston, West Virginia 25301
Dickens, Connie; (M) District Superintendent; 7 Larchmont Dr.,
Huntington, West Virginia 25705
Eskew, Wendell; (M) District Superintendent; 1232 National Rd,,
Wheeling, West Virginia 26003
Belk, Mrs. Ethel; (M) Housewife; 1405-B 3rd Ave., Charleston, West
Virginia 25302
Miller, Harry; (E) Retailer; New Haven, West Virginia 25265
Sebert, Lowell E; (M) Owner, Farm Machinery Co.; P. 0. Box
568, Fairlea, West Virginia 24902
Ryan, Mrs. Paul; (E) Housewife; 307 Locust St., Mannington, West
Virginia 26582
Bowyer, Mrs. John; (E) Housewife; 5800 Pea Ridge Rd., Huntington,
West Virginia 25705
Alley, Mrs. Clyde; (E) Housewife; 1110 Park Ave., Charleston, West
Virginia 25302
Smith, Stanley J.; (M) Student; 1629 9th Ave., Huntington, West
Virginia 25703
Everhart, Frank; (M) Attorney; 107 N. Price St., Kingwood, West
Virginia 26537
Lowe, Jonathan ; (M) Retired; Milton, West Virginia 25541
Phipps, James; (M) Orthodontist; 9106 1st National Bank Bldg.,
Huntington, West Virginia 25701
WESTERN NEW YORK (8) NE
Sec. A, Row 5-6, Seats 7-10
Eckel, Sherman B.; (8) (E) District Superintendent; 206 N. Fourth
St., Clean, New York 14760
Harrington, Richard W.; (6) (M) Minister; 711 Niagara Falls Blvd.,
Buffalo, New York 14226
Millet, Edmund A. W.; (7) (M) Minister; 48 Donaldson Rd., Buffalo,
New York 14208
Modisher, Donald E.; (5) (M) District Superintendent; 314 Harding
Ave., Jamestown, New York 14701
*Cooke, George W.; (1) (M) Lawyer; 77 Windemere Rd., Rochester,
New York 14610
Gundlach, Mrs. Elizabeth B.; (4) (M) Housewife; 326 E. Main St.,
Springville, New York 14141
Lesher, Mrs. Rosalind M.; (3) (E) Beautician; Lakewood, New
York 14750
Merrow, Arthur S.; (2) (M) Fuel Engineer; 110 Oliver St., Hamburg,
New York 14075
Reserves
Rowsam, Robert H.; (M) Minister; 60 Treehaven Dr., Lockport,
New York 14094
Shipman, Joseph C; (M) District Superintendent; Box 705, Batavia,
New York 14020
Lange, James A.; (Transfered out 9/1/71)
The United Methodist Church 103
Aldrich, Charles S.; (M) Program Council Director; 96 Mount
Vernon Rd., Buffalo, New York 14226
Zentz, Franklin M.; (M) District Superintendent; 2 Brantwood Dr.,
Buffalo, New York 14226
Stamp, Mrs. Carl; (M) Housewife; 16 Fordham St., Batavia, New
York 14020
Bliven, Owen R. ; (M) Teacher; 58 Greenleaf, Tonawanda, New
York 14150
Minsker, John H. ; (M) Retired; 104 Maple Rd., E. Aurora, New
York 14052
Clay, Thomas B.; (M) Retired; 131 S. Meadow Dr., Orchard Park,
New York 14127
Kraatz, Alvin L., Sr,; (E) Laundry & Dry Cleaning; 100 The Com-
mons, Buffalo, New York 14221
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA (24) SE
Sec. C, Rows 5-6, Seats 1-12
*Peters, James C; (9) (M) District Superintendent; Box 993, Win-
ston-Salem, North Carolina 27102
Murray, Jerry D.; (2) (M) District Superintendent; 319 Summitt
Ave., Statesville, N. C. 28677
Whites, Charles D.; (12) (M) District Superintendent; 1540 West-
brook Cr., Gastonia, N. C. 28052
Weldon, Wilson O.; (5) (M) Editor; 1908 Grand Ave., Nashville,
Tenn. 37203
Nicholson, R. Herman; (6) (M) Minister; 2810 Providence Rd.,
Charlotte, N. C. 28211
Lindsey, Julian A.; (10) (M) District Superintendent; 1130 West-
ridge Rd., Greensboro, N. C. 27410
Young, H. Claude; (7) (M) Assoc. Program Director; Box 749,
Statesville, North Carolina 28677
Madison, J. Clay; (8) (M) Program Director; 207 Hawthorne Ln.,
Charlotte, N. C. 28204
Shore, Philip L., Jr.; (13) (M) Minister; Box 426, Thomasville,
North Carolina 27360
Bethea, Joseph B.; (9) (M) Minister; 1200 Julian St., Greensboro,
N. C. 27406
Heckard, Cecil L.; (11) (M) District Superintendent; 2318 Richard-
son Dr., Charlotte, N. C. 28211
Young, Robert T.; (6) (M) Assistant Dean; 105 Divinity, Duke
University, Durham, N. C. 27205
King, Mrs. Mary E.; (11) (M) Housewife; 2701 Selwyn Ave., Char-
lotte, N. C. 28209
Barnhardt, Mrs. Lurleen G.; (1) (M) Conf. Chrm. Ecu. Affairs;
5830 Creola Rd., Charlotte, N. C. 28201
Henderson, William R.; (1) (M) Advertising Executive; Box 191,
High Point, N. C. 27261
Redding, Mrs. Viola; (7) (M) Conf. President WSCS; Box 458,
Asheboro, N. C. 27203
Bailey, Wesley; (3) (M) Attorney; 707 Ransom Rd., Winston-Sa-
lem, N. C. 27106
Hyatt, Carl B.; (4) (M) Executive; 9 Woodcrest, Asheville, N. C.
28804
Majors, R. Powell; (8) (M) Businessman; 2749 Picardy PI., Char-
lotte, North Carolina 28209
Miller, Isaac H.; (3) (M) College President; Bennett College, Greens-
boro, North Carolina 27202
Dudley, E. M.; (M) Investor; 211 Ridgecrest Dr., Lenoir, North
Carolina 28645
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Hood, Robin P.; (2) (M) Banker; Box 189, Marion, North Carolina
28752
Morrison, Mrs. Mary; (4) (M) Retired Teacher; Rt. 4, Box 129,
Statesville, North Carolina 28677
Ford, Edwin C; (13) (M) Businessman; O. E. Ford Co., Shelby,
North Carolina 28150
Reserves
Tuttle, Robert G.; (M) District Superintendent; Box 426, Lake
Junaluska, North Carolina, 28745
Fitzgerald, Ernest A.; (M) Minister; Box 608, Winston-Salem,
North Carolina 27102
Harbin, Melton E.; (M) District Superintendent; 1236 Maxwell St.,
Salisbury, North Carolina 28144
Nease, Edgar H.; (M) Ex. Dir. Lake Junaluska Assembly; Box 67,
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina 28745
Williams, Harley M.; (M) Minister; 302 W. Market St., Greensboro,
North Carolina 27401
Christy, John H.; (M) Minister; 34 Sheppard Dr., Asheville, North
Carolina 28806
Lang ford, Thomas A.; (M) Seminary Dean; Box 4735, Duke Station,
Durham, North Carolina 27706
Dickson, Clarence H.; (M) Minister; Box 307, Lexington, North
Carolina 27292
Shannon, Charles E.; (M) Minister; 1200 South St., Gastonia, North
Carolina 28053
Hutchinson, Orion N., Jr.; (M) Minister; 500 N. Broad St., Brevard,
North Carolina 28712
Faulkner, Arthur M.; (M) Minister; Box 6094, Charlotte, North
Carolina 28207
Ferree, James W.; (M) Assoc. Program Director; 207 Hawthorne
Ln., Charlotte, North Carolina 28204
Medlin, William T., Jr.; (M) Minister; 2300 Friendly Ave., Greens-
boro, North Carolina 27403
Beaman, Charles G., Jr.; (M) Minister; 311 3rd Ave., N. E., Hickory,
North Carolina 28601
Corriher, Walter D.; (M) District Superintendent; 102 W. Fort St.,
Marion, North Carolina 28752
Smith, Robert M.; (M) Businessman; Box 792, Mt. Airy, North
Carolina 27030
Winchester, Clarence M. ; (M) Businessman; Box 20108, Greensboro,
North Carolina 27402
Erwin, Richard C; (M) Attorney; Suite 1223, Wachovia Bank Bldg.,
Winston-Salem, N. C. 27102
Sales, Philip N.; (M) Chemical Engineer; 80 School Rd., Asheville,
North Carolina 28806
Price, James S.; (M) Optometrist; 6615 Terry Ln., Charlotte, North
Carolina 28212
Smith, Harvey J.; (M) Businessman; 1211 Buckingham Rd., Greens-
boro, North Carolina 27408
Phillips, Charles W.; (M) Retired Educator; 210 S. Tremont, Greens-
boro, North Carolina 27403
Massie, Hugh; (M) Dept. Store; 148 Main St., Waynesville, North
Carolina 28786
Summers, James A.; (M) Business Executive; Box 1353, Salisbury,
North Carolina 28144
Dillin, 0. E.; (M) Realtor; Box 444, Kernersville, North Carolina
27284
Finch, George D.; (M) Retired Bus. Executive; Box 1, Thomasville,
North Carolina 27360
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Hartsell, Woodrow W.; (M) Educator; Box 152, Concord, North
Carolina 28025
Baker, Robert L.; (M) Conf. Pres. UMYF; 313 Armstrong Park Rd.,
Gastonia, North Carolina 28052
Parrish, Robert L.; (M) Insurance; 320 Birchwood, High Point,
North Carolina 27262
Sink, Archie; (M) Egg Producer; Box 339, Lexington, North Caro-
lina 27292
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA (24) NE
Sec. B, Rows 18-19, Seats 1-12
'^Warman, John B.; (2) (M) Minister; 4887 Doverdell Dr., Pitts-
burgh, Pa. 15236
Rutter, Kenneth P.; (6) (M) Minister; 12 Northmont St., Greens-
burg, Pa. 15601
Woomer, James A.; (1) (E) District Superintendent; 65 Shady Dr.,
Indiana, Pa. 15701
Lindqwist, Harold V.; (5) (E) Minister; 2925 Myrtle St., Erie, Pa.
16508
Grove, William B.; (11) (M) Minister; Center at Aiken, Pittsburgh,
Pa. 15208
Fisher, Harry J.; (8) (E) District Superintendent; 324 Nadona
Ave., Johnstown, Pa. 15904
Meiischke, Paul J.; (6) (M) District Superintendent; 119 Morrison
Dr., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15216
Lash, H. Donald; (14) (E) Minister; 476 W. Patriot St., Somerset,
Pa. 15501
Sease, Gene E.; (13) (E) College President; 4001 Otterbein Ave.,
Indianapolis, Indiana 46227
Carraway, James L.; (8) (M) Program Director; 408 Seventh Ave.,
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219
Easter, Paul M.; (13) (M) District Superintendent; 309 Dragon
Rouge Dr., Greensburg, Pa. 15601
Ho^ve, Robert C; (7) (M) Minister; 733 South Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
15221
DeVaux, Mrs. Thomas; (4) (E) Housewife; 331 N. Maple Ave.,
Greensburg, Pa. 15601
Blackstone, Franklin, Jr.; (11) (M) Lawyer; RD 1, Zelienople, Pa.
16063
Beatty, William M.; (2) (M) Camp Director; RD 1, Box 734, Hop-
wood, Pa. 15445
Bell, Raymond M.; (3) (M) College Professor; 413 Burton Ave.,
Washington, Pa. 15301
Bittner, Dwight M.; (4) (E) Business Administrator; 408 Seventh
Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219
Chaffee, Paul; (9) (M) ; RD 4, Union City, Pa. 16438
Anderegg, Miss Joyce; (14) (E) ; P. O. Box 36, Russell, Pa. 16346
Chadwick, Mrs. Dorothy; (13) (M) Housewife; 5 Woodbine Dr.,
Greenville, Pa. 16125
Gwyer, Herbert L.; (9) (M) Sales; 435 Dickson Ave., Pittsburgh,
Pa. 15202
Cain, Mrs. James S. ; (1) (M) Housewife; 191 Pinecrest Dr., Pitts-
burgh, Pa. 15237
Cockerille, Miss Clara; (10) (M) Teaching; 165 Beechwood Rd.,
New Wilmington, Pa. 16142
Bell, Lester H.; (12) (E) ; Highland Dr., Cooperstown, Pa. 16317
Reserves
Siess, Robert J.; (M) District Superintendent; 117 Davis St., Con-
nellsville, Pa. 15425
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Crawford, Arthur M.; (M) Minister; 516 Chesnut St., Meadville,
Pa. 16335
Mowrey, James D.; (E) Minister; 518 Fronheiser St., Johnstown,
Pa. 15902
Emerick, Jack F.; (E) COP A Counselor; 408 Seventh Ave., Pitts-
burgh, Pa. 15219
Dietrich, Clyde W.; (E) Minister; 46 E. High St., Union City, Pa.
16438
Jolley, Delbert E.; (M) Minister; Church & Seventh St., Indiana,
Pa. 15701
Cousins, James G.; (M) District Superintendent; 83 Cervone Dr.,
Meadville, Pa. 16335
Bishop, Bruce H.; (E) Minister; 899 Fairman Ave., Indiana, Pa.
15701
Roney, Herman F.; (M) Minister; 311 Wyllis St., Oil City, Pa.
16301
Bergmann, Lynn A.; (E) Hospital Administrator; 31 North Park
Ave., Meadville, Pa. 16335
Thompson, Bishop S.; (M) Minister; 800 Wilkinsburg Ave., Pitts-
burgh, Pa. 15208
Bugbee, Warren A.; (M) Minister; 145 Greenhill Dr., Butler, Pa.
16001
McCormick, Gerald A.; (E) Minister; 1516 21st St., Beaver Falls,
Pa. 15010
Crocker, Hugh D.; (M) Minister; 607 W. 2nd St., Oil City, Pa.
16301
Bishop, Mrs. Gerald 0.; (E); RFD 3, Box 363, Johnstown, Pa. 15904
Rote, G. Eugene; (E) ; Box 316, Duke Center, Pa. 16729
Donner, James L.; (M) ; 1510 Fairfax, Erie, Pa. 16502
Reynolds, Paul C; (M) Education; 705 Beechwood Blvd., Ellwood
City, Pa. 16117
Haun, Miss Mildred; (E) ; 139 Elm St., Franklin, Pa. 16323
McCormick, Paul R.; (E) 501 Horizon View, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15235
Hershberger, George; (E) ; Star Route, Scottdale, Pa. 15683
Bennett, Benjamin; (M) ; 3008 Harcourt Dr., Greensburg, Pa. 15601
Miles, Emory S.; (M) ; 3201 Caughey Rd., Erie, Pa. 16506
Cook, Dean F.; (M) ; 1024 Hillside Trail, Johnstown, Pa. 15905
Johnson, John G.; (M) ; 314 E. Butler St., Mercer, Pa. 16137
Handy, Miss Doris M.; (M) ; 3350 McNeil PI., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219
Ford, Earl L.; (M) ; 214 Walnut St., St. Marys, Pa. 15857
Ledebur, Gilbert; (E) ; Box 142, Derrick City, Pa. 16727
WISCONSIN (14) NO
Sec. D, Row 19, Seats 1-8
Sec. D, Row 20, Seats 1-6
Schilling, Marvin A.; (5) (M) District Superintendent; 7748 Honey
Creek Pkwy., West Allis, Wis. 53219
Bender, Gordon R.; (6) (E) District Superintendent; 40 Park Lane,
Fond du Lac, Wis. 54935
Strosahl, M. Stanford; (3) (M) District Superintendent; 2231 E.
Luther Rd., Janesville, Wis. 53545
Truitt, Richard O.; (1) (M) Minister; 5555 W. Capitol Dr., Milwau-
kee Wis. 53216
Schul'z, Willard W.; (14) (E) Minister; 145 S. Prairie St., White-
water, Wis. 53190
Lindgren, Alvin J.; (2) (M) Professor; 2121 Sheridan Rd., Evanston,
111. 60201
Wilson, Winslow; (8) (M) Conference Staff; 325 Emerald Terrace,
Sun Prairie, Wis. 53590
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* Roberts, Leigh; (7) (M) Psychiatrist; 4921 Fond du Lac Trail,
Madison, Wis. 53705
Lau, Clifford; (13) (M) Salesman; RFD, Jim Falls, Wis. 54748
Mielke, Mrs. Sharon; (11) (E) Housewife; 2375 Prairie Ave., Beloit,
Wis. 53511
Soderholm, Mrs. Patricia A.; (4) (M) Housewife; 2035 26th St.,
Monroe, Wis. 53566
Wilkinson, Donald; (9) (M) State Sec'y of Agric; 4237 Wanda PL,
Madison, Wis. 53711
Hinz, Lawrence ; (E) (resigned)
Hundley, Mrs. Frances; (12) (M) Housewife; 8409 W. Hillview Dr.,
Mequon, Wis. 53092
Reserves
Saito, Perry H.; (M) District Superintendent; 1140 Ridge Rd., Stev-
ens Point, Wis. 54481
Kalas, J.Ellsworth; (M) Minister; 203 Wisconsin Ave., Madison, Wis.
53703
Weaver, Harold; (M) Minister; 1529 Wauwatosa Ave., Wauwatosa,
Wis. 53213
Zeharth, Herbert E.; (E) Minister; 527 Volk St., Portage, Wis. 53901
Krause, Gerald A.; (M) Conference Staff; 325 Emerald Terrace, Sun
Prairie, Wis. 53590
Adams, Robert; (M) Minister; 2319 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee,
Wis. 53211
Corbin, J. Wesley; (E) Minister; 7265 W. Center St., Milwaukee, Wis.
53210
Francis, John H., Jr.; (M) Minister; 28 Church St., Oconomowoc,
Wis. 53066
Martin, James L; (M) Industry; Route 1, Box 482, Oconomowoc,
Wis. 53066
Boettcher, Mrs. Lu; (M) Housewife; 401 Fleming Street, Wausau,
Wis. 54401
Sprecher, Mrs. Delia; (10) (E) Housewife; Route 1, Box 319, Sauk
City, Wis. 53583
Stevens, Donald; (M) Construction Engineer; 8822 West Park Hill
Dr., Wauwatosa, Wis. 53213
Mevis, Mrs. Joyce; (E) Housewife; 6215 Ravine St., Darlington,
Wis. 53530
Reinhardt, Halsey; (M) Farmer; Rt. 3, Richland Center, Wis. 53581
Keller, Edward M.; (M) Osteopath; 305 Park Ave., Beaver Dam,
Wis. 53916
Cramer, Mrs. Irene; (E) Housewife; 120 Sheboygan St., Fond du
Lac, Wis. 54935
WYOMING (6) NE
Sec. C, Rows 3-4, Seats 10-12
Singer, Edgar F.; (1) (M) Minister; 708 Monterey Dr., Endwell,
N. Y. 13760
Akers, George R.; (6) (M) Dist. Superintendent; 19 Ravine Park-
way North, Oneonta, N. Y. 13820
Pitcher, Philip N.; (2) (M) Minister; 108 N. Broad St., Norwich,
N. Y. 13815
Gordon, Harry M.; (4) (M) Realtor & Insurance; Northeastern Pa.
National Bank Bldg., Scranton, Pa. 18503
Lashford, Mrs. Edgar J.; (7) (M) Housewife; R. D. 5, Shavertown,
Pa. 18708
Beebe, William L.; (14) (M) Electrical Contr.; R. D. 1, Wyalusing,
Pa. 18853
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Reserves
Lukens, Robert J; (M) Minister; 101 E. Union St., Endicott, N. Y.
13762
Reid, William W.; (M) Minister; 65 Academy St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
18702
Crayton, Alfred L.; (M) Dist. Superintendent; 248 N. Sprague Ave.,
Kingston, Pa. 18704
Harring, James L.; (E) Minister; 109 Dana St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
18701
Long, Richard B.; (M) Law^yer; 7 Overbrook Ave., Binghamton, N. Y.
13900
Hunt, Walter L.; (M) Retired; 6 Church St., Unadilla, N. Y. 13849
Woodfield, Harry; (M) Supt. State Park; R. D. 1, Chenango Forks,
N. Y. 13746
McGregor, Mrs. Warren; (M) Housewife; R, D., Maine, N. Y. 13802
YELLOWSTONE (2) W
Sec. B, Row 3, Seats 11-12
Soderberg, John C; (1) (M) Minister; Box 205, Fort Benton, Mon-
tana 59442
*Hood, Esther (Mrs. Chas.) ; (7) (M) Housewife; 401 Daly, Missoula,
Montana 59801
Reserves
Herbert, Hugh S.; (M) Minister; Box 1444, Great Falls, Mont. 59401
Robison, Roger; (M) District Superintendent; 222 Stillwater Lane,
Billings, Montana 59101
Mills, Ardilla; (E) Housewife; 620 Terry, Billings, Montana 59102
Munson, Sam; (M) Insurance Salesman; 1134 S. Spruce St., Boze-
man, Montana 59715
YENPING (2) OS
No delegates elected
THE METHODIST CHURCH OF
GREAT BRITAIN (4) OS
Sec. B, Row 17, Seats 7-10
Baker, Eric W.; (6) (M) Ex-Pres. of Conference; 21 Walnut Tree
Walk, Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Roberts, Harold; (3) (M) Ex-Pres. of Conference; 16 Dalegarth,
Hurst Park Ave. Cambridge, CB4 2AG, England
Kellaway, John W.; (4) (M) Banker, Vice Pres. of Conference; 9
Sandringham Rd., Birkdale, Southport Lanes, England
Webb, Pauline M.; (11) (M) Ex-Vice Pres. of Conf.; 2 Chester
House, Pageslane, London N. 10 England
Reserves
Wooldridge, W. N. Charles (M) 1 Central Bldg., Westminster, Lon-
don SWI
NON-VOTING DELEGATES
Representatives from Provisional Conferences outside the United
States, Affiliated Autonomous Churches, Affiliated United Churches,
and members of the Council of Secretaries are seated as non-voting
The United Methodist Church 109
delegates under provisions of The Book of Discipline. By action of
the 1972 General Conference youth representatives, representatives
from theological seminaries, and representatives of the Alaska Mis-
sion, the Oklahoma Indian Mission and the Red Bird Mission were
seated in this conference as non-voting delegates.
PROVISIONAL ANNUAL CONFERENCES
(See Discipline Par. 604)
AUSTRIA PROVISIONAL (1) OS
Sec. B, Row 1, Seat 2
Gebhart, Robert F.; c/o The Bishop's Office, P. O. B. 135, 8026
Zurich, Switzerland
BALTIC-SLAVIC PROVISIONAL (1) OS
No Representative elected
BULGARIA PROVISIONAL (1) OS
No Representative elected
FINLAND-FINNISH PROVISIONAL (1) OS
No representative elected
FINLAND-SWEDISH PROVISIONAL (1) OS
No representative elected
HONG KONG PROVISIONAL (1) OS
Sec. B, Row 1, Seat 3
Leung, Lincoln; 11 Cheung Hong Street, North Point, Hong Kong
Reserve
Chang, Jackson; 1505 Liu Chong Hing Bank Building, Hong Kong
HUNGARY PROVISIONAL (1) OS
Sec. B, Row 1, Seat 4
Hector, Adam; Felsoerdosor 5, Budapest, Hungary
NORTH AFRICA PROVISIONAL (1) OS
Sec. B, Row 1, Seat 5
Larsen, Miss Liv; c/o Board of Missions, 475 Riverside Drive, New
York, N. Y. 10027
PANAMA PROVISIONAL (1) OS
Sec. B, Row 1, Seat 6
No representative elected
SOUTHWEST PHILIPPINES PROVISIONAL (1) OS
Sec. B, Row 1, Seat 7
Spottswood, Curran L.; San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines
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Reserve
Spottswood, Mariam H.; San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines
TAIWAN PROVISIONAL (1) OS
Sec. B., Row 1, Seat 8
Wong, J. C; 137 Min Sheng Road, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of
China
Reserve
Twanmoh, Joseph K.; Soochow University, Wai Shuang Hsi, Shihlin,
Taipei III, Taiwan
YUGOSLAVIA PROVISIONAL (1) OS
No Representative elected
AFFILIATED AUTONOMOUS CHURCHES
(See Discipline Par. 642.3)
METHODIST CHURCH OF ARGENTINA (2) OS
Sec. B, Row 2, Seats 3-4
Lavigne, Enrique A.; Espejo 423 MENDOZA, Argentina
Seara, Dr. Albine; Salva 439 ROSARIO, S. Fe, Argentina
Reserves
Clausen, Arne; F. Madero 548, V. Sarmiento (Haedo) Bs. As., Ar-
gentina
Lombardo, Dr. Hector; Pinzon 740 1° A (La Boca) Buenos Aires,
Argentina
METHODIST CHURCH OF BOLIVIA (2) OS
Sec. B, Row 2, Seats 7—8
Pantelis, Jorge; (M) Minister; Casilla 356, La Paz, Bolivia
Aviles, Alfredo; (M) ; Casilla 356, La Paz, Bolivia
Reserves
Arakaki, German; (M) Minister; Casilla 356, La Paz, Bolivia
Ampuero, Jaime; (M) ; Casilla 248, Sucre, Bolivia
METHODIST CHURCH OF BRAZIL (2) OS
Representatives attended World Methodist Council — par. 1414.2
METHODIST CHURCH OF BURMA (2) OS
Sec. B, Row 2, Seats 9-10
Sein, Bishop U. Hla; 321 Godwin Road, Dagon, Rangoon, Burma
Cho, U ; 34 East Bazaar Road, Dagon, Rangoon, Burma
Reserves
Chu, C. F.; 319, Godwin Road, Dagon, Rangoon, Burma
Thein, Miss Daw Kyin; 105 Bondoola Street, Pegu, Burma
Myat, U Tun; 9, Kyaunglan, Syriam, Burma
Sone, Daw Khin; Grace Methodist Church, 131 46th St., Rangoon,
Burma
The United Methodist Church 111
CHILE AUTONOMOUS CHURCH (2) OS
Representatives attended World Methodist Council — par. 1414.2
METHODIST CHURCH OF CUBA (2) OS
Representatives attended World Methodist Council — par. 1414.2
METHODIST CHURCH OF INDONESIA (2) OS
Sec. C, Row 1, Seats 5-6
Hutasoit, E. M.; (M) ; Djalan Geredja No. 5, Tebing Tinggi, Deli,
Sumatra Utara, Indonesia
Hutagalung, Mr. F.; (M) ; Djalan Hasanuddin No. 7, Medan,
Sumatra, Indonesia
KOREAN METHODIST CHURCH (4) OS
Sec. C, Row 2, Seats 1-4
Choi, Chong Chul; Division of Mission, The Korean Methodist Church,
K.P.O. Box #285, Seoul, Korea
Kim, Chang Hee; General Affairs Division, The Korean Methodist
Church, K.P.O. Box #285, Seoul, Korea
Po, Mrs. Sun Hi Lee; Taejon Kindergarten Training College, 24
Monk Dong, Taejon City, Korea
Lim, Dr. Dui Sun ; Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea
METHODIST CHURCH OF MALAYA-
SINGAPORE (2) OS
Sec. C, Row 2, Seats 5-6
Fang, C. N.; 313 Jalan Lobak, Seremban, Negri Sembilan, Malaysia
Lim, S. T. Peter; 29 Boundary Rd., Singapore 9
Reserves
Bunsu, Joshua; P. 0. Box 155, Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia
Ong, Chaik Ghee; 54 Namly Ave., Singapore 10
Jimbun, James; c/o Chin Foo Methodist Church, Kuching, Sarawak,
Malaysia
Wong, Lai Yen; c/o Methodist Primary School, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
METHODIST CHURCH OF MEXICO (2) OS
Representatives attended World Methodist Council Par. 1414.2
MURI CHURCH OF CHRIST IN NIGERIA (2) OS
Sec. C, Row 1, Seats 11-12
Barawani, Ezra N.; P. 0. Box 21, Jalingo, via Yola, North Eastern
State, Nigeria, West Africa
Nyaku, Barau B.; P. O. Box 21, Jalingo, Via Yola, North Eastern
State, Nigeria, West Africa.
METHODIST CHURCH OF PERU (2) OS
Representatives attended World Methodist Council Par. 1414.2
METHODIST CHURCH OF URUGUAY (2) OS
Representatives attended World Methodist Council Par. 1414.2
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AFFILIATED UNITED CHURCHES
(See Discipline, Par. 645)
PROTESTANT CHURCH OF BELGIUM (2) OS
Sec. B, Row 2, Seats 5-6
Pieters, Andre J.; (M) Minister; rue du Champ de Mars 5, B — 1050,
Brussels, Belgium
Lheureux, Mrs. Ruth Fraisse; (M) ; rue du Champ de Mars 5, B —
1050, Brussels, Belgium
CHURCH OF CHRIST IN CHINA (2) OS
Sec. B, Row 2, Seats 11-12
Wong, Peter; 191 Prince Edward Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tung, Chan Woh; Hoh Fuk Tong College, Castle Peak, N. T., Hong
Kong
DOMINICAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH (2) OS
Sec. C, Row 1, Seats 1-2
Blondet, Raul; Calle San Juan Bosco 125, Santo Domingo, Republica
Dominicana
UNITED EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF
ECUADOR (2) OS
Sec. C, Row 1, Seats 3-4
Tufino, Rene; Casilla 32-31, Quito, Ecuador
Villalba, Sergio; Casilla 32-31, Quito, Ecuador
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST IN JAPAN (4) OS
Sec. C, Row 1, Seats 7-10
Hanabusa, George; 551 Totsukamachi 1-Chome, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo
160, Japan
Brownlee, R. Wallace; 551 Totsukamachi 1-Chome, Shinjuku-Ku, Tok-
yo 160, Japan
Abe, Shiro; 2081 Taura, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa ken, Japan 237
Sakurai, Ritsuko; 88-2 Miyamoto cho, Takasaki Shi, Gumma ken,
Japan 370
THE CHURCH OF PAKISTAN (2) OS
Representatives attended World Methodist Council Par. 1414.2
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST IN
PHILIPPINES (2) OS
Representatives attended World Methodist Council Par. 1414.2
OTHER NON-VOTING DELEGATES
ALASKA MISSION (2) W
Fison, David K.; (M) Minister; 915 Second Avenue, Fairbanks,
Alaska 99501
Stassel, Mrs. Jean; (M) ; 911 R. Street Anchorage, Alaska 99501
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OKLAHOMA INDIAN MISSION (2) OS
Sec. B, Row 1, Seats 11-12
Roughface, Thomas; 5700 North Portland, Oklahoma City, Okla-
homa 73112
Toahty, Mrs. Minnie; 2704 Northwest 11th St., Oklahoma City, Okla-
homa 73107
Reserves
Deere, Kenneth; 2205 Sallie, Muskogee, Oklahoma 74401
Chisholm, Calvin; 5750 South Seneca, Wichita, Kansas 67217
RED BIRD MISSION (2) SE
Bischoff, John W.; (E) Superintendent; Beverly, Kentucky 40913
Lambdin, Mrs. Ruby; (E) ; Frakes, Kentucky 40940
YOUTH REPRESENTATIVES (10)
Bayle, David; California-Nevada Conference; 1901 Pacific Ave., Ala-
meda, California 94501
Danforth, Curt; Southern New England Conferance; 23 Bare Hill
Rd., Framingham, Mass. 01281
Evans, Leslie; Upper Mississippi Conference; 509 W. Main St., Stark-
ville, Mississippi 39759
Hamilton, Thomas M.; Central Illinois Conference; 211 W. Belle Ave.,
Rantoul, Illinois 61866
Hutchins, Annette; North Georgia Conference; 2386 Sewell Rd. Apt.
F-24, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
Jones, Scott; Rocky Mountain Conference; 2716 S. St. Paul, Denver,
Colorado 80210
Miller, David B.; New York Conference; 2498 Yorktown Street,
Oceanside, New York 11572
Morgan, LaVeeda; North Indiana Conference; 1980 Monroe Lane,
Gary, Indiana 46407
Palmer, Gregory V.; Eastern Pennsylvania Conference; 1225 N. 13th
St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
Walls, Wanda; Detroit Conference; 2145 Syracuse, Dearborn, Michi-
gan 48124
SEMINARY REPRESENTATIVES (20)
Barton, Walter C, Jr.; At large — Colgate Rochester, Southern New
England Conference; 1100 Goodman St., South, Rochester, New
York 14620
Bates, William. L., Jr.; Garrett, North Dakota Conference; 916 Vb
Noyes St., Apt. X-2, Evanston, 111. 60201
Butler, Paul B., Jr.; Candler, North Georgia Conference; 826-6 Clif-
ton Ct., Cir. N. E., Atlanta, Georgia 30329
Byrum, Gordon L.; United, South Indiana Conference; R. R. #3,
Arcanum, Ohio 45304
Collins, Michael L.; St. Paul, Oregon-Idaho Conference; 3432 E. 7th,
Kansas City, Missouri 64124
Ewen, G. Dane; METHESCO, Southern New Jersey Conference;
Methodist Theological School, Box 25, Delaware, Ohio 43015
Green, Judv; Claremont, Southern California- Arizona Conference;
1322 Randy, Upland, California 91786
Kildow, Marnie; Drew, Minnesota Conference; 5410 Fairviev/ Ave.,
N., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55429
Lurvey, John M., Jr.; At large — Harvard, Missouri West Conference;
100 Albatross Rd., Quincy, Massachusetts 02169
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McFadden, Vivian Patricia; Gammon; 653 Beckwith St., S. W., At-
lanta, Georgia 30314
Meyers, Patricia A.; Wesley, Baltimore Conference; 12221 Marne
Lane, Bowie, Maryland 20715
Modisher, Christine; At large — Chicago, Western New York Con-
ference; 339 Chesterfield Ave., Nashville, Tennessee 37212
Sanford, Alfred G.; Perkins, Central Texas Conference; Rt. 1; Box
13, Riesel, Texas 76682
Sarazin, Duane V.; Evangelical, Minnesota Conference; 4532 Oak-
land Ave., So., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407
Schlichting, Donald A.; Iliff, Rocky Mountain Conference; Box 103,
Merino, Colorado 80741
Shindel, Katherine A.; At large — Union, Southern Illinois Confer-
ence; 109 Herbert PL, Edwardsville, Illinois 62025
Simpson, Robert O.; At large — Yale, New York Conference; 409
Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06510
Snyder, Michael; Boston, North Indiana Conference; 30185 North-
gate Dr., Southfield, Michigan 48076
Stauffer, Marcus G., Jr.; At large — Colgate Rochester, Western
Pennsylvania Conference; 1100 S. Goodman St., Rochester, New
York 14620
Tanner, W. Douglas, Jr.; Duke, Western North Carolina Conference;
1234 N. Washington St., Rutherfordton, North Carolina 28319
COUNCIL OF SECRETARIES
{Discipline — Par. 603)
Sec. A, Row 1
Seat
12 Bagby, Grover C, 100 Maryland Ave., N. E., Washington, D. C.
20002
11 Bailey, A. Purnell, 3900 Wisconsin Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C.
20016
10 Bauer, Richard H., P. 0. Box 871, Nashville, Tennessee 37202
9 Brandenburg, E. Craig, P. O. Box 871, Nashville, Tennessee 37202
8 Brawner, R. Bryan, 1200 Davis St., Evanston, Illinois 60201
7 Bullock, Henry M., 201 Eighth Ave., South, Nashville, Tennessee
37202
6 Burgess, Roger, 1200 Davis St., Evanston, Illinois 60201
5 Church, Paid V., 601 West Riverview Ave., Dayton, Ohio 45406
4 Clapsaddle, Gerald L., 601 West Riverview Ave., Dayton, Ohio
45406
Sec. A, Row 2
12 Ewing, Miss Betsy K., 475 Riverside Dr., New York, New York
10027
11 Greenwalt, Howard, 1200 Davis St., Evanston, Illinois 60201
10 Haines, J. Harry, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, New York 10027
9 Ham, Howard M., P. O. Box 871, Nashville, Tennessee 37202
8 Holmgren, Laton E., 1865 Broadway, New York, New York 10023
7 Hoover, Miss Theressa, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, New York
10027
6 Hoyt, Claire C, 1200 Davis St., Evanston, Illinois 60201
5 Huston, Robert W., Ill United Nations Plaza, New York, New
York 10017 _ ,
4 Jones, Tracy K., Jr., 475 Riverside Drive, New York, New York
10027
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Sec. D, Row 1
1 Lott, Clifford, 1200 Davis St., Evanston, Illinois 60201
2 Miller, Miss Lois C, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, New York
10027
3 Ness, John H., Jr., P. 0. Box 488, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina
28745
4 Nichols, Sidney, 1200 Davis St., Evanston, Illinois 60201
5 Procter, John, 201 Eighth Ave., So., Nashville, Tennessee 37203
6 Schaefer, John F., 475 Riverside Drive, New York, New York 10027
7 Self, David W., 1200 Davis St., Evanston, Illinois 60201
8 Smith, Earnest A., 100 Maryland Ave., N.E., Washington, D. C.
20002
9 Spencer, Harry C, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, Tennessee 37203
Sec. D, Row 2
1 Tuttle, Lee F., Lake Junaluska, North Carolina 28745
2 Van Loon, Thomas J., P. O. Box 871, Nashville, Tennessee 37202
3 Ward, A. Dudley, 100 Maryland Ave., N.E., Washington, D. C. 20002
4 Chambers, Curtis A., P. 0. Box 423, Park Ridge, Illinois 60068
5 West, Arthur, 601 West Riverview Ave., Dayton, Ohio 45406
6 Wicke, Myron F., P. O. Box 871, Nashville, Tennessee 37202
7 Will, Herman, Jr., 100 Maryland Ave., N.E., Washington, D. C.
20002
8 Yeakel, Joseph H., 1908 Grand Ave., Nashville, Tennessee 37203
9 Young, J. Otis, 1661 Northwest Parkway, Park Ridge, Illinois
60068
Seated with Conference Delegations
West Ohio, Calkins, Raoul C, 601 West Riverview Ave., Dayton, Ohio
45406
Western N. C, Weldon, Wilson O., 1908 Grand Ave., Nashville, Ten-
nessee 37203
Detroit, White, Woodie W., 100 Maryland Ave., N. E., Washington,
D. C. 20002
JURISDICTIONAL CONFERENCE SECRETARIES
Sec. C, Row 2, Seats 8-12
Ake, Frank W., (Northeastern), 130 West 3rd St., Bloomsburg,
Pennsylvania 17815
Guderian, Lawrence, (Western), 1326 Garden St., Bellingham, Wash-
ington 98225
Weisshaar, Gilbert, (North Central), 307 Cedar Ave., St. Charles,
Illinois 60174
Williams, T. Poe, (South Central), P. O. Box 871, Nashville, Ten-
nessee 37202
Wilson, W. Carleton, (Southeastern), Box 10552, Raleigh, North
Carolina 27605
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF
DELEGATES
{Italics denote ministerial delegates. (M) or (E) denotes former
church membership. Number indicates the Standing Legislative Com-
mittee to which each delegate has been assigned by his Annual Con-
ference delegation.)
Achberger, Mrs. Clarence E. (M) (11) East Ohio
Adams, Lloyd S., Jr. (M) (9) Memphis
Adams, Quenton D. (M) (4) Central Alabama
Adduro, Pablo M. (M) (1) Northern Philippines
Adkins, Joel C. (M) (10) South Carolina (1785)
Adkins, Leon M., Jr., (M) (6) Troy
Aguilar, Clifford B. (M) (6) Southern California-Arizona
Ake, Mrs. Frank W. (M) (3) Central Pennsylvania
Akers, George R. (M) (6) Wyoming
Alhertson, C. Gene (M) (6) Oregon-Idaho
Allen, Mrs. James (M) (14) Virginia
Allin, Willard S. (M) (13) Minnesota
Allison, John R. (M) (3) Tennessee
Allison, William F. (M) (5) Missouri East
Amark, Curt (M) (4) Sweden
Ammerman, Carl R. (M) (2) Detroit
Ammons, Edsel A. (M) (1) Northern Illinois
Anderegg, Miss Joyce (E) (14) Western Pennsylvania
Anderson, Barry H. (M) (1) North Alabama
Anderson, Mrs. Virgil (M) (7) Rocky Mountain
Anderson, Walter F. (M) (5) North Carolina
Andrews, David H. (E) (11) Baltimore
Aponte, Ramon (M) (14) New York
Applegate, William P. (M) (11) Iowa
Ariki, Joe (M) (10) Rocky Mountain
Armstrong, Mrs. Robert (M) (3) Iowa
Arterburn, Mrs. Jane (M) (7) Louisville
Ault, James M. (M) (6) Northern New Jersey
Aviiia, Mike (M) (2) Rio Grande
Baass, Erich M. (M) (12) Northwest Germany
Babcock, Charles I. (M) (11) Florida
Babcock, John (M) (4) West Michigan
Bailey, E. A. (M) (5) North Mississippi
Bailey, Joe N., Jr. (M) (4) North Mississippi
Bailey, Wesley (M) (3) Western North Carolina
Bailey, William P., Jr. (M) (6) Memphis
Baker, Eric W. (M) (6) Great Britain
Baker, Leo L. (M) (4) North Texas
Bane, Mrs. W. V. (M) (9) Central Texas
Barclift, Chancie D. (M) (13) North Carolina
Barnes, Ambrose (M) (4) Agra
Barnes, H. K. (M) (9) North Alabama
Earnhardt, Mrs. Lurleen G. (M) (1) Western North Carolina
Barrett, James (M) (12) South Carolina (1785)
Barto, Reta S. (M) (7) Eastern Pennsylvania
Barton, Charles A. (M) (5) New York
Barton, Roy D. (M) (7) Rio Grande
Bashore, George VF. (E) (5) Eastern Pennsylvania
Baskerville, M. Trevor (M) (8) Iowa
Bastain, Miss Mary Lee (M) (5) South Indiana
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Batt, Samuel (E) (5) Northern Illinois
Bautista, Ignacio P. (M) (7) Philippines
Bearden, Robert E. L. (M) (14) Little Rock
Beatty, W. Carroll (M) (12) Baltimore
Beatty, William M. (M) (2) Western Pennsylvania
Beebe, William L. (M) (14) Wyoming
Beeman, Paul J. (M) (13) Pacific Northwest
Bell, Lester H. (E) (12) Western Pennsylvania
Bell, Raymond M. (M) (3) Western Pennsylvania
Bender, Gordon R. (E) (6) Wisconsin
Benedyktowicz, Witold (M) (14) Poland
Bengers, Vincent (M) (4) Bombay
Bergland, John K. (E) (6) West Ohio
Bertholf , Lloyd M. (M) (4) Central Illinois
Bethea, Joseph B. (M) (9) Western North Carolina
Bibay, Francisco A., Jr. (M) (4) Mindanao
Biddle, Glenn H. (E) (7) West Ohio
Bingham, Clifford (E) (13) South Indiana
Bittner, Dwight M. (E) (4) Western Pennsylvania
Bjork, Virgil V. (M) (6) North Indiana
Black, Clair W. (Mr.) (M) (4) Northern Nevi^ Jersey
Blackburn, Alfred B. (M) (13) Florida
Blackburn, Robert M. (M) (2) Florida
Blackstone, Franklin, Jr. (M) (11) Western Pennsylvania
Blake, Bruce P. (M) (2) Kansas West
Blanchard, Hubert M. (M) (5) Louisiana
Blessing, Roy E. (E) (8) West Virginia
Blickenstaff, Thomas (E) (10) Baltimore
Bobbitt, Pauline (M) (13) Southern California-Arizona
Boda, Harold L. (E) (3) West Ohio
Bond, R. H. (M) (5) Memphis
Bonds, Alfred B. (M) (2) East Ohio
Booth, Glenn 0. (M) (10) California-Nevada
Borger, Clarence J. (M) (3) Kansas West
Born, Mrs. Harry E. (M) (7) Virginia
Bosley, Harold A. (M) (1) New York
Boswell, Hamilton T. (M) (7) California-Nevada
Bott, LeRoy A. (E) (7) Kansas West
Boyd, Marvin L. (M) (6) Northwest Texas
Boyer, Gene (E) (10) East Ohio
Bozeman, W. Scott (M) (3) Florida
Brabham, A. McKay (M) (9) South Carolina (1785)
Bramlett, Sam C. (M) (13) Texas
Brandyberry, Abraham L. (E) (13) East Ohio
Braun, Mrs. Paul (E) (10) Iowa
Brawn, Melvin (E) (5) California-Nevada
Bray, Jerry G. (M) (2) Virginia
Brewer, Otho G., Jr. (M) (13) Peninsula
Bridges, Ramsey (M) (6) West Virginia
Bright, William E. (M) (14) Detroit
Bristah, James W. (M) (1) Detroit
Bristow, Carroll D. (M) (13) Baltimore
Brogdon, Mrs. Elizabeth S. (M) (7) Southern New Jersey
Brooks, David W. (M) (7) North Georgia
Brown, Allen L. (M) (13) Louisiana
Brown, Rainsford A. (M) (8) Iowa
Brown, William E. (M) (3) New York
Bruce, S. Duane (M) (2) Northwest Texas
Bryan, Monk (M) (7) Missouri East
Bryant, Thomas (M) (2) South Indiana
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Bumpers, E. Clay (M) (4) North Arkansas
Burns, Alden B. (M) (3) West Michigan
Burrous, Kermit (M) (9) North Indiana
Burrous, Mrs. Anita (M) (7) Noi-th Indiana
Burtner, Robert W. (M) (11) Oregon-Idaho
Butler, Handle (M) (7) New Mexico
Buttimer, Thomas A. (M) (6) Eastern Pennsylvania
Buttrey, D. Roscoe (M) (10) Tennessee
Byler, Robert A. (M) (13) West Ohio
Byrd, William O. (M) (11) Rocky Mountain
Cabrera, Ismael (M) (4) Puerto Rico
Cagna, Mrs. Betty (M) (9) Missouri West
Cain, Mrs. James S. (M) (1) Western Pennsylvania
Cain, Richard W. (M) (2) Southern California- Arizona
Calbert, Wavne F. (M) (4) Mississippi (FCJ)
Caldwell, Gilbert H., Jr. (M) (2) Southern New England
Calkins, Raoul C. (M) (3) West Ohio
Campbell, Foy (M) (12) Alabama-West Florida
Carlsen, Eigil (M) (11) Denmark
Carlson, Verner A. (E) (8) North Indiana
Carlton, Gordon B. (M) (12) Little Rock
Carr, Marvin H. (M) (7) West Virginia
Carraway, James L. (M) (8) Western Pennsylvania
Carrell, Olivia (M) (14) California-Nevada
Carrington, John E. (M) (13) New York
Carroll, Edward G. (M) (2) Baltimore
Carruth, Mrs. Carlton (M) (11) South Georgia
Carson, Joseph T., Jr. (M) (10) Virginia
Carter, Earl B. (M) (3) North Arkansas
Carver, Donald L. (M) (14) Iowa
Casad, Gordon D. (M) (10) North Texas
Caswell, Bervin O. (M) (6) New Mexico
Catterall, Grace (M) (13) California-Nevada
Chadwick, Mrs. Dorothy (M) (13) Western Pennsylvania
Chaffee, Paul (M) (9) Western Pennsylvania
Chapman, Dr. A. Frank (M) (12) Peninsula
Charan, Miss Sophie (M) (7) Lucknow
Chawhan, Jayanand I. (M) Gujarat
Cheji, Peter F. (M) (7) Southern California- Arizona
Chiles, Paul D. (M) (8) West Ohio
Chitnis, Vinubhai W. (M) Gujarat
Chittum, John (M) (9) East Ohio
Choy, Wilbur W. (M) (12) California-Nevada
Christianson, Lyle T. (M) (7) Minnesota
Clark, Alva H. (M) (7) Nebraska
Clark, Mrs. Lamar (M) (6) Texas
Clay, Willie B. (M) (6) Northern Illinois
Clem, Paul L. (M) (3) North Alabama
Cleveland, Millard C. (M) (10) Florida
Clymer, Merritt (E) (8) East Ohio
Cochran, James D. (M) (4) Detroit
Cochrun, Edgar (E) (13) West Ohio
Cockerille, Miss Clara (M) (10) Western Pennsylvania
Codding, Charles, Jr. (M) (9) Oklahoma
Coffin, Wayne W. (M) (6) Oklahoma
Coffman, Floyd H. (M) (2) Kansas East
Colaw, Emerson S. (M) (5) West Ohio
Cole, Calvin H. (E) (13) Central Pennsylvania
Coleman, Harry (M) (14) West Virginia
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Collins, Claude R. (M) (1) West Virginia
Collins, Mabel E. (M) (9) New York
Colpitis, A. Hunter (E) (6) North Indiana
Colpitts, Mrs. A. Hunter (E) (14) North Indiana
Cooke, George W. (M) (1) Western New York
Cooke, Jack (M) (8) Louisiana
Cooke, Mrs. Monroe (M) (1) East Ohio
Cooke, R. Jervis (M) (7) Peninsula
Cooper, Earle N. (M) (12) Troy
Cooper, Joel A. (M) (6) North Arkanasa
Cooper, Kenneth (M) (1) Alabama-West Florida
Carry, John G. (M) (6) Tennessee
Cotton, William Davis (M) (2) Louisiana
Cotto-T homer, Alfredo (M) (10) New York
Courtney, Robert H. (M) (5) East Ohio
Cox, Miss Sarah (M) (1) West Ohio
Crain, Dight W. (M) (4) Southern New England
Crawford, Gene P. (E) (8) South Indiana
Creel, John (M) (8) Alabama- West Florida
Cromwell, Thomas L. (M) (13) East Ohio
Crutchfield, Finis A. (M) (6) Oklahoma
Cuaresma, Consuelo 0. (M) (3) Southern California-Arizona
Cuff, G. Wayne (M) (1) Peninsula
Culp, Jesse A. (M) (5) North Alabama
Cummings, Mrs. C. C. (M) (7) Northern Illinois
Cummins, Marlene (M) (7) Southern Illinois
Current, Gloster C. (M) (1) New York
Curtis, Mrs. Albert (M) (5) Central New York
Curtis, Myers B. (M) (2) North Arkansas
Cushman, Robert E. (M) (6) North Carolina
Dailey, Charles M. (M) (3) East Ohio
Danforth, Merrill A. (M) (2) Maine
Darling, Howard H. (M) (8) New York
Darrow, Frederick M. (deceased) Central New York
Dass, Christopher S. (M) (6) Lucknow
Daugherty, Ruth M. (E) (13) Eastern Pennsylvania
Davenport, Mrs. E. T. (M) (7) Little Rock
Davis, Carlos W. (M) (5) Texas
Davis, George (E) (1) North Indiana
Davis, Hooker D. (M) (1) Southern New Jersey
Davis, Paul (M) (12) Central Illinois
Davis, Sidney E. (E) (10) Missouri West
Dayal, Dr. Christo D. (M) (10) Moradabad
Decker, Mrs. E. Moore (M) (10) Texas
de Freitas, Antonio Filipe (M) (11) Angola
Dekle, Joe B. (M) (4) North Georgia
DeLong, Dale F. (E) (4) West Ohio
Dement, Frank E., Jr. (M) (8) Mississippi
Dennis, Charles C, Sr. (M) (4) Liberia
Dennis, Gordon (M) (3) Central Texas
Detty, Darrell (E) (5) West Ohio
Devadanam, H. M. (M) (4) South India
DeVaux, Mrs. Thomas (E) (4) Western Pennsylvania
DeWitt, Jesse R. (M) (2) Detroit
Dickerson, Ellis R. (M) (13) Alabama-West Florida
Dickhaut, Walter R., Sr. (M) (6) West Ohio
Dille, Robert E. (E) (3) West Virginia
Dixon, Ernest T. (M) (6) Southwest Texas
Dodder, Robert T. (M) (7) Iowa
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Dodge, Carlton S. (E) (3) Eastern Pennsylvania
Dodson, Thurman L. (M) (2) Baltimore
Doenges, William C. (M) (4) Oklahoma
Doering, Martin (M) (4) West Berlin
Doggett, Herbert L. D. (M) (1) Baltimore
Doggett, John N., Jr. (M) (1) Missouri East
Dolliver, James (M) (1) Pacific Northwest
Dotts, Ted J. (M) (14) Northwest Texas
Douglass, Carl H., Jr. (M) (6) Virginia
Downie, Dr. Gerald (M) (10) Central Illinois
Drennan, Merrill W. (M) (12) Baltimore
Drinkard, Eugene T. (M) (14) North Georgia
Droke, Clifford S. (M) (9) California-Nevada
Duck, David A. (M) (5) South Georgia
Dudley, E. M. (M) Western North Carolina
Duffey, Paul A. (M) (11) Alabama- West Florida
Duncan, Edward L. (M) (5) Detroit
Dunlap, G. Alan (M) (1) Nebraska
Dunn, Merle A. (E) (2) Minnesota
Dunn, Mrs. Sam A. (M) (14) North Carolina
Dutt, Harold (E) (12) West Ohio
Early, Joyce V. (M) (8) North Carolina
Easley, John (E) (1) South Indiana
Easter, Paul M. (M) (13) Western Pennsylvania
Eaton, Harry B. (M) (3) Virginia
Eberly, Edwin P. (E) (8) East Ohio
Eby, Mrs. Norma (M) (7) Pacific Northwest
Eckel, Sherman B. (E) (8) Western New York
Eckstein, D. D. Herbert (E) (1) West Berlin
Edgar, Charles E. (M) (4) Central Pennsylvania
Edgar, Thomas A. (M) (8) North Alabama
Egan, Jim A. (M) (1) Oklahoma
Egger, Kirk (M) (7) North Mississippi
Eich, Foster (M) (10) Alabama- West Florida
Eldridge, Edgar A. (M) (3) Holston
Ellis, Edwin L. (M) (1) Eastern Pennsylvania
Ellis, Matt L. (M) (1) North Arkansas
Ellis, S. Blake (M) (6) Maine
Emerson, Joe G. (M) (7) South Indiana
Engel, Damon L. (M) (9) West Virginia
Enke, Karl-Heinz (E) (5)
Annual Conf. of German Democratic Rep.
Entler, Fred P. (M) (12) Holston
Epps, Anderson C. (M) (6) Georgia
Espie, John C. (M) (4) Minnesota
Eutsler, R. Kern (M) (1) Virginia
Evans, Daniel F. (M) (12) South Indiana
Evatt, Parker (M) (1) South Carolina (1785)
Everhart, Mrs. Frank B. (M) (12) West Virginia
Fabian, Pedro F. (M) (4) Northern Philippines
Fagan, Harold (M) (4) Texas
Fanning, O. B. (M) (9) Florida
Fant, Glenn (M) (2) North Mississippi
Farley, Thomas K. (M) (1) Southern California-Arizona
Faust, Carl W. (E) (5) Iowa
Featherston, R. Jack (M) (5) Oklahoma
Fechtig, Norman (E) (3) Southern Illinois
Fenn, G. Lemuel (M) (13) Oklahoma
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Fereira Dias, Nobre Pereira (M) (1) Angola
Ferris, Mrs. E. L. (M) (2) Nebraska
Fetterman, Brian A. (M) (6) Central Pennsylvania
Fichter, Joseph W. (M) (11) West Ohio
Fields, Mrs. Louis H. (M) (5) Kentucky
Fink, Harold H. (M) (13) Virginia
Finkbeiner, Melvin M. (M) (2) Pacific Northwest
Firestone, Lyman (M) (2) Missouri West
Fischer, Dr. Heinz P. (M) (1) South Germany
Fishbeck, Royal B., Jr. (M) (13) Troy
Fisher, Albert F. (M) (2) North Carolina
Fisher, Harry J. (E) (8) Western Pennsylvania
Fisher, J. Herschel (M) (5) North Texas
Fisher, James A., Sr. (M) (3) Memphis
Flinchbaugh, James E. (E) (6) West Ohio
Fogleman, C. M., Jr. (M) (5) Kansas West
Forbes, J. Kenneth (M) (2) South Indiana
Ford, Edwin C. (M) (13) Western North Carolina
Ford, Floyd (M) (7) Tennessee
Ford, Frank B. (M) (13) New Mexico
Foster, George A. (M) (14) Florida
Fowler, H. Thornton (M) (9) Tennessee
Franklin, Denson N. (M) (9) North Alabama
Freeman, G. Ross (M) (13) South Georgia
Frey, John H. (M) (9) Nebraska
Fribley, Robert W. (M) (Resigned) North Indiana
Fridy, Wallace (M) (6) South Carolina (1785)
Froe, D. W. (M) (10) West Virginia
Fulbright, Homer H. (M) (5) North Arkansas
Fulk, Floyd L. (E) (5) Virginia
Gailey, Mrs. Beulah (M) (7) Missouri West
Galbreath, Mrs. Charles (M) (13) Central Illinois
Galloway, Benedict A. (M) (11) Louisiana
Galvan, Elias G. (M) (12) Southern California-Arizona
Gantz, Richard (M) (7) Central Illinois
Garrett, C. Deiidy (M) (3) Iowa
Garrick, Grier L. (M) (4) North Carolina
Garrison, R. Benjamin (M) (11) Central Illinois
Gates, Merrill (E) (3) Northern Illinois
Gathings, Ervin M. (M) (14) North Texas
Gausdal, Hans (M) (4) Norway
Geible, Merrell D. (E) (3) North Indiana
Geissbuhler, Theo (E) (13) Switzerland (E)
Gentry, Edd W. (M) (8) Florida
Gibson, J. Nelson (M) (7) North Carolina
Gilbert, Ronald W. (M) (12) Oklahoma
Gilmore, Paul G. (E) (9) Central Pennsylvania
Gilts, George (E) (13) West Ohio
Glasgow, Francis M. (M) (4) East Ohio
Goens, Ray W. (M) (2) Texas
Gotz, Herbert (M) (6) ... Annual Conf. of German Democratic Rep.
Good, Mary (M) (8) Detroit
Goodrich, Robert E., Jr. (M) (9) North Texas
Goodwin, Burnie C., Jr. (M) (2) New Mexico
Gordon, Harry M. (M) (4) Wyoming
Gordon, Mrs. John W. (M) (11) North Alabama
Graham, John H. (M) (6) Upper Mississippi
Graham, Joseph R. (E) (10) West Ohio
Grant, Nicholas W. (M) (13) North Carolina
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Gray, C. Jarrett, Sr. (M) (5) Missouri West
Gray, Mrs. Ethel M. (M) (7) Florida
Green, Mrs. Robert E. (M) (9) South Indiana
Greene, Horace H. (M) (6) Kentucky
Greenhaw, Frank (M) (13) North Texas
Greenwaldt, William M. (M) (6) Central Texas
Grenfell, John N., Jr. (M) (12) Detroit
Gridley, Dorothy R. (M) (3) Minnesota
Grogan, Roy J. (M) (2) Central Texas
Grove, William B. (M) (11) Western Pennsylvania
Gsell, Theophil H. (M) (4) Switzerland (M)
Guiang, Condrado G. (M) (5) Mindanao
Gundlach, Mrs. Elizabeth B. (M) (4) Western New York
Gurtner, Miss Charlotte (M) (3) Central Illinois
Gtistafson, Laveme H. (E) (5) Southern California- Arizona
Gwyer, Herbert L. (M) (9) Western Pennsylvania
Hager, Cornelius R. (M) (3) Kentucky
Hagiya, Paul H. (M) (1) Rocky Mountain
Hagood, Delma L. (M) (5) North Georgia
Haining, Kathleen L. (M) (14) Minnesota
Hall, Carl C. (M) (2) Little Rock
Hall, E. William (M) (13) Baltimore
Hamilton, Richard E. (M) (3) South Indiana
Hamilton, Ronald R. (M) (9) Rocky Mountain
Hampton, Mrs. Mary (M) (1) Missouri West
Hancock, Maurice M. (M) (4) Peninsula
Hand, Don J. (M) (4) Southwest Texas
Handy, W. T., Jr. {M.) (6) Louisiana
Hanks, Stanley G. (M) (9) Minnesota
Hann, Edwin F., Jr. (M) (8) Southern New Jersey
Hann, Paul M. (M) (9) Iowa
Hanna, Mrs. Ellen (M) (1) Central Illinois
Hardcastle, James C. (M) (3) Peninsula
Hardin, Granville N. (M) (14) West Ohio
Harding, Joe A. (M) (14) Pacific Northwest
Hardt, John W. (M) (6) Texas
Harkness, Georgia (M) (1) Southern California- Arizona
Harkness, Leonard L. (M) (5) Minnesota
Harper, John R. (M) (14) Eastern Pennsylvania
Harriefeld, Fritz (E) (11) Northwest Germany
Harriger, Harold 0. (M) (1) Northwest Texas
Harrington, Richard W. (M) (6) Western New York
Harrington, Robert F. (M) (12) Louisiana
Harrington, Mrs. Wayne W. (M) (11) Nebraska
Harris, Justin N. (M) (5) Bombay
Hartman, Tom (M) (14) Kansas West
Hartz, Mrs. Paul (M) (11) Virginia
Havemann, Gerhard (E) (13)
Annual Conf. of German Democratic Rep.
Hawkins, J. Clinton (M) (4) Missouri East
Hawkins, Donald (M) (4) West Ohio
Hayes, Clare J. (M) (3) Kansas East
Hayes, Melvin (E) (10) East Ohio
Hay ward, C. Douglas (M) (6) California-Nevada
Heacock, Jack D. (M) (11) Southwest Texas
Heckard, Cecil L. (M) (11) Western North Carolina
Hedberg, Al A. (M) (7) Florida
Heisel, Eldred B. (E) (4) West Ohio
Helms, Mrs. Roy (M) (7) North Indiana
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Henderson, Mrs. Henry (M) (10) West Ohio
Henderson, William R. (M) (1) Western North Carolina
Henderson, Zach S. (M) (9) South Georgia
Henry, William R. (M) (1) Oklahoma
Hermann, Dr. Erich (E) (13) Southwest Germany
Hess, Wayne C. (E) (8) Central Illinois
Heyde, Forest R. (E) (4) North Indiana
Hickerson, Walter J. (M) (8) Kansas West
Hicks, Kenneth W. (M) (13) Nebraska
High, Henry R. (M) (8) West Virginia
Hildehrand, Will M. (M) (4) Southern California-Arizona
Hildreth, Charles H. (M) (6) Alabama- West Florida
Hines, Mrs. Thelma (E) (7) Kansas East
Hinz, Lawrence (E) (resigned) Wisconsin
Hitchock, William C. (M) (4) Detroit
Hjelte, Marshall C. (M) (10) Pacific Northwest
Hodapp, Leroy C. (M) (1) South Indiana
Hoffman, Mrs. Richard (M) (3) West Virginia
Holbrook, Donald E. (M) (2) West Michigan
Holland, Mrs. Betty Lou (M) (1) Northern New Jersey
Hollis, Robert R. (M) (6) Southern Illinois
Holmes, Zan W., Jr. (M) (3) North Texas
Holter, Don W. (M) (6) Kansas East
Homer, Robert L. (M) (2) Central New York
Hood, Esther (M) (7) Yellowstone
Hood, Robin P. (M) (2) Western North Carolina
Hook, Ralph C, Jr. (M) (4) Southern California-Arizona
Hoopert, Grantas E. (M) (14) Central Pennsylvania
Hoover, J. Jeffrey (M) (14) Iowa
Hopkins, Martin W. (M) (3) Central Pennsylvania
Hopkins, Mrs. Thomas J. (M) (7) Central Pennsylvania
Horton, Robert E. (E) (13) Detroit
Hostetter, Mark J. (E) (2) Eastern Pennsylvania
Hottle, Darrell (M) (2) West Ohio
Houston, Jamie G. (M) (13) North Mississippi
Howe, Mrs, Clarice (M) (5) Northern New Jersey
Howe, Robert C. (M) (7) Western Pennsylvania
Howell, Maggart B. (M) (5) Central Texas
Howes, John B. (M) (6) Central Pennsylvania
Hozendorf, C. Ray (M) (9) Little Rock
Hughes, Harold H. (M) (7) Virginia
Hughlett, William S. (M) (10) Florida
Hulit, Kenneth W. (E) (2) East Ohio
Humphrey, John D., Sr. (M) (3) North Mississippi
Humphrey, L. A., Jr. (M) (8) Texas
Hundley, Mrs. Frances (M) (12) Wisconsin
Hundley, George R. (M) (12) North Alabama
Hunt, Kenneth W. (M) (1) West Ohio
Huston, Ralph B. (M) (6) Florida
Hutchinson, Charles L. (M) (7) Central Alabama
Hutchinson, Mildred (M) (11) Southern California- Arizona
Hyatt, Carl B. (M) (4) Western North Carolina
Hyatt, Lochlan L. (M) (8) South Carolina (1785)
Iwig, James H. (E) (1) Kansas West
Jacobs, Harry H., Jr. (E) (12) Central Pennsylvania
James, William E. (M) (3) Louisville
James, William M. (M) (2) New York
Jarvis, Charles S. (M) (2) Northern lUinois
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Jason, William C, Jr. (M) (12) Eastern Pennsylvania
Jefferson, A. G. (M) (12) Virginia
Jenkins, H. James (M) (2) Oregon-Idaho
Jenkins, Tom (M) (4) Louisville
Jenkins, Warren M. (M) (9) South Carolina (1866)
Jerome, J. E. (M) (5) South Carolina (1785)
Jetter, Richard (E) (9) South Germany
Johansen, Frede (M) (4) Denmark
Johnson, Harry L., II (M) (8) Southern New England
Johnson, Joseph T. (M) (3) Northern Illinois
Johnson, Richard E. (M) (11) Kansas East
Johnson, Richard O. (M) (3) California-Nevada
Johnston, Kenneth C. (M) (3) Missouri West
Jones, Bevel (M) (7) North Georgia
Jones, Everett (M) (1) Baltimore
Jones, George E. (M) (9) Mississippi
Jones, Gerald H. (M) (2) North Indiana
Jones, John B. (M) (4) Baltimore
Jones, Phil M. (M) (5) South Carolina (1785)
Jordan, Bert (M) (5) Mississippi
Jordan, Roy M. (M) (4) Alabama-West Florida
Kadenge, Fannuel (M) (13) Rhodesia
Kalaf, Walter N. (M) (11) Florida
Kaputo, Elie M. (M) (11) Southern Congo
Karls, Harold M. (M) (1) Detroit
Kay, W. Eugene (E) (10) Oklahoma
Keejfe, Williayn R. (M) (13) New Hampshire
Kellam, Harold B. (M) (4) Virginia
Kellaway, John W. (M) (4) Great Britain
Keller, Alfred L. (E) (5) North Indiana
Kelley, Robert W. {U) (6) East Ohio
Kellow, M. Keith (M) (9) Texas
Kemper, John Q. (M) (1) Kentucky
Kent, Harry R. (M) (4) South Carolina (1785)
Kerber, Phil (M) (1) Iowa
Kesler, N. Robert (M) (14) Southern California-Arizona
Key, W. R. (M) (10) South Georgia
Kim, Thomas K. (M) (3) Northwest Texas
Kimbrough, R. Edwin (M) (2) North Alabama
King, Arnold K. (M) (10) North Carolina
King, Mrs. Mary E. (M) (11) Western North Carolina
King, John T. (M) (3) Southwest Texas
Kirchner, Frederick K. (M) (11) Troy
Kleszczynski, Adam (M) (3) Poland
Knecht, David F. (M) (5) North Dakota
Knox, James L. (M) (1) Florida
Knupp, Robert E. (M) (5) Central Pennsylvania
Koenig, Robert W. (E) (11) South Indiana
Kreager, Max W. (M) (9) Iowa
Krueger, Delton H. (M) (11) Minnesota
Kruse, Lowen V. (M) (3) Nebraska
Kuehl, Werner E. (M) (11) Northwest Germany
Lagawo, Richard E. S. (E) (4) Sierra Leone
Lai, James (M) (11) Delhi
Lamb, Raymond R. (M) (6) Detroit
Lamb, Mrs. Wayne A. (M) (7) Memphis
Lang, Francis (M) (7) East Ohio
Lanning, Dean A. (M) (3) Northern New Jersey
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Laraba, Forest W. (M) (2) New Hampshire
Larson, Gunnar E. ( M ) ( 5 ) Sweden
Lash, H. Donald (E) (14) "Western Pennsylvania
Lashford, Mrs. Edgar J. (M) (7) Wyoming
LaSuer, Donald F. (M) (13) North Indiana
Latta, Lloijd A. (M) (10) Iowa
Lau, Clifford (M) (13) Wisconsin
Ledbetter, M. C. (M) (4) Northwest Texas
Lee, Ernest W. (M) (2) Southern New Jersey
Lee, Vernon (M) (3) Northern New York
Leggett, John W., Jr. (M) (6) Mississippi
Lennartson, Walter (M) (4) Northern Illinois
Leonard, Mrs. James M. (M) (11) West Ohio
Lesher, Mrs. Rosalind M. (E) (3) Western New York
Lester, W. D. (M) (9) Southwest
Lewis, W. Robert (M) (1) North Alabama
Lewis, William B. (M) (14) Southern Illinois
Lightner, A. LeRoy (M) (2) Eastern Pennsylvania
Lightner, George S. (M) (8) Virginia
Lindgren, Alvin J. (M) (2) Wisconsin
Lindquist, Harold V. (E) (5) Western Pennsylvania
Lindseij, Julian A. (M) (10) Western North Carolma
Linhoss, John C. (E) (7) Virginia
Little, Mrs. Alvirita (M) (3) Pacific Northwest
Litton, Ray (M) (4) Kentucky
Llenado, Abigael C. (M) ( ) Middle Philippines
Long, Carroll H. (M) (10) Holston
Long, Maurice K. (M) (4) • . Iowa
Love, Elza L. (M) (13) Texas
Lovern, J. Chess (M) (7) Oklahoma
Lowe, Donald L. (M) (2) Southern Illinois
Loyd, H. Brown (M) (8) Central Texas
Loyd, Harold W. (M) (6) Central Illinois
Lundy, John T. (M) (7) Holston
Lundy, Robert F. (M) (11) Holston
Lusby, L. D. (E) (9) Holston
Lutrick, Charles E. (M) (13) Northwest Texas
Mack, James (M) (3) South Carolina (1866)
MacKay, James (M) (8) North Georgia
Madison, J. Clay (M) (8) Western North Carolina
Madsen, Arnold (M) (5) Norway
Mahon, Eldon B. (M) (1) Central Texas
Majors, R. Powell (M) (8) Western North Carolina
Malac, Vlastislav (M) (13) Czechoslovakia
Mangum, Mrs. Orien (M) (11) Peninsula
Mann, Charles L. (M) (8) Baltimore
Mann, Mrs. Harold L. (M) (2) North Carolina
Mann, Robert (M) (1) Central New York
Mann, Robert T. (M) (12) Florida
Mannasmith, Dr. Clarence H. (M) (12) Iowa
Manns, Herbert (M) (13) West Berlin
Marandi, Emmanuel (M) (4) Bengal
Marima, William (M) (4) Rhodesia
Marlow, H. Leroy (E) (10) Central Pennsylvania
Martin, George W. (M) (6) Little Rock
Martin, Gordon (M) (8) Southern California- Arizona
Martin, Paul D., Jr. (M) (8) Virginia
Marvin, John E. (M) (11) Detroit
Massey, Daniel B. (M) (6) Moradabad
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Matheny, Robert M. (M) (3) Mississippi
Matheny, Thomas H. (M) (1) Louisiana
Matthaei, Marjorie (M) (9) Kansas West
Matthew, Glenn E. (M) (6) Kansas West
Matthews, Mrs. Cecil R. (M) (7) Northwest Texas
Mayer, Paul O. (M) (7) East Ohio
Mayes, Allen M. (M) (8) Texas
Mayo, George W. (M) (8) South Georgia
Mays, Avery (M) (7) North Texas
McAdams, Charles K. (M) (3) North Carolina
McCall, Kenneth A. (M) (13) Missouri West
McCartt, James S. (M) (5) Holston
McCleskey, Wayne H. (M) (7) Texas
McCommons, Mrs. R. M. (M) (13) North Georgia
McCoy, Paul E. (M) (6) Peninsula
McCullough, Mrs. Ralph (M) (7) Missouri East
McCune, Robert J. (M) (6) Central New York
McDavid, Harry E. (M) (7) Alabama-West Florida
McDavid, Joel D. (M) (3) Alabama-West Florida
McDonald, Charles P. (M) (7) North Arkansas
McGowan, Mrs. Charles B. (M) (7) Louisiana
Mcintosh, Mrs. Hilda (M) (13) Kansas East
McKenzie, Leon T. (M) (9) Southern California- Arizona
McMillan, Mrs. Norris (M) (13) Southwest Texas
McRae, Frank L. (M) (1) Memphis
Meadows, William A. (M) (5) Florida
Meinhardt, Lydia (E) (7) West Berlin
Melgren, Wesley A. (E) (8) Minnesota
Meliiis, Arthur R. (M) (1) Troy
Mendigorin, Abdon (M) (12) Philippines
Mentzer, Warren F. (E) (11) Eastern Pennsylvania
Mercer, Charles H. (M) (1) North Carolina
Merrow, Arthur S. (M) (2) Western New York
Messmer, William K. (E) (9) West Ohio
Metcalf, Kenneth E. (M) (5) Iowa
Metzel, Mrs. George V. (M) (7) Oklahoma
Meuschke, Paul J. (M) (6) Western Pennsylvania
Michelmann, Heinrich (M) (1) Southwest Germany
Mielke, Mrs. Sharon (E) (11) Wisconsin
Mikkelsen, John H. (M) (12) Nebraska
Miles, Denver L. (E) (2) West Virginia
Miller, Isaac H. (M) (3) Western North Carolina
Millet, Edmund A. W. (M) (7) Western New York
Modisher, Donald E. (M) (5) Western New York
Moeller, Romane G. (E) (2) Rocky Mountain
Mossinger, Manfred (E) (5) Southwest Germany
Momberg, Paul B. (M) (8) West Ohio
Montgomery, Allen D. (M) (7) North Alabama
Montgomery, Edward (M) (4) North Alabama
Montgomery, John C, Jr. (M) (9) Missouri East
Moody, C. LeGrande, Jr. (M) (13) South Carolina (1785)
Moon, Robert W. (M) (1) California-Nevada
Moore, Eugene J. (E) (2) Central Illinois
Moore, John V. (M) (11) California-Nevada
Moore, LeRoy W. (M) (11) Iowa
Moore, Lester L. (M) (1) Iowa
Moore, Manly M. (M) (8) Oklahoma
Moore, Ray (M) (10) North Georgia
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Moore, Richard V. (M) (3) Florida
Moore, Thomas P. (E) (4) East Ohio
Moorhead, Edwin E. (M) (4) Mississippi
Moorhead, Frank (M) (6) North Georgia
Morgan, Robert C. (M) (13) North Alabama
Morrison, Mrs. Mary (M) (4) Western North Carolina
Morton, Mrs. C. (M) (7) Texas
Muelder, Walter G. (M) (3) Southern New England
Muller, Walter W. (E) (9) Central Illinois
Mullick, Pravash R. (M) (1) Bengal
Murray, Jerry D. (M) (2) Western North Carolina
Museu, Emile (M) ( ) Central Congo
Muteteke, Paul (M) (3) Southern Congo
Myers, Calvin R. (M) (14) East Ohio
Myers, David L, (M) (5) Southern California-Arizona
Myers, Paul E. (M) (13) Central Pennsylvania
Myers, T. Cecil (M) (3) North Georgia
Naff, George E. (M) (7) Holston
Naylor, E, R. (M) (4) Rocky Mountain
Nees, Forrest G. (M) (11) East Ohio
Neese, William J. (M) (6) North Carolina
Nelson, J. R. (M) (3) East Ohio
Nestler, Frank H. (M) (2) Central Illinois
Netterville, G. Leon (M) (4) Louisiana
Newman, Mrs. Harold (M) (7) West Michigan
Newman, M. Douglas (M) (6) Virginia
Newton, C. D. S. (M) (13) Delhi
Ngoi, Maurice (M) (3) North Katanga
Nichols, Frank A. (M) (6) Iowa
Nichols, Henry H. (M) (9) Eastern Pennsylvania
Nicholson, R. Herman (M) (6) Western North Carolina
Norris, Irene (M) (7) Detroit
North, Jack B. (M) (14) Central Illinois
Northfelt, Merlyn W. (M) (6) Northern Illinois
Northrop, George M. (M) (12) New York
Obaugh, William R. (E) (4) Florida
Odom, Warren G. (M) (3) Central New York
Oehler, Mrs. Jack (E) (14) Northern Illinois
Ogden, Mrs. Selma (M) (5) Troy
O'Hara, Delmar T, (M) (12) East Ohio
Oliphint, Benjamin R. (M) (3) Louisiana
Ortman, Ervin (M) (7) South Dakota
Osborn, John F. (E) (2) West Ohio
Otwell, William (M) (7) Southern California-Arizona
Outler, Albert C. (M) (1) North Texas
Owens, J. Garfield (M) (7) Southwest Texas
Page, Carlos C. (M) (13) West Michigan
Page, S. Covey (M) (5) Oklahoma
Paige, Mrs. Jean (M) (11) ' West Virginia
Palomo, Luis Fernando (M) Costa Rica
Parker, Richard S. (M) (11) New York
Parker, Robert P. (M) (12) Virginia
Parker, Mrs. W. Roy (M) (7) South Carolina (1785)
Patrick, James T. (M) (4) North Carolina
Patton, Luther A. (M) (7) Troy
Patton, Russell R. (M) (13) Kentucky
Paxton, James R. (M) (12) Texas
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Penicela, Almeida (M) ( ) Southeast Africa
Persons, William R. (M) (6) Rocky Mountain
Peter, M. Ella (M) (7) Hyderabad
Peter, Victor (M) (1) Madhya Pradesh
Peters, Dr. C. Kenneth (M) (5) Louisville
Peters, James C. (M) (9) Western North Carolina
Peters, Lloyd A. (M) (3) Oklahoma
Peterson, Arden M. (E) (5) West Michigan
Petteway, Warren B. (M) (9) North Carolina
Pevahouse, Joseph N. (M) (4) Memphis
Pfaltzgraff, Richard C. (E) (13) Iowa
Pfeiffer, Mrs. A. B. (M) (11) Northern Illinois
Phillips, Randall C. (M) (11) Southern California- Arizona
Pitcher, Dale E. (M) (5) Central Illinois
Pitcher, Philip N. (M) (2) Wyoming
Pittenger, Richard (M) (1) South Dakota
Plummer, Kenneth H. (M) (4) Central Pennsylvania
Pohl, Keith I. (M) (11) West Michigan
Poor, George L. (M) (5) Pacific Northwest
Pope, H. David, Jr. (M) (14) Texas
Poppe, Odin W. (E) (4) Nebraska
Potter, Truman W. (M) (5) West Virginia
Potthoff, Harvey H. (M) (3) Rocky Mountain
Praetorius, Herman R. (E) (4) Pacific Northwest
Presley, I. P. (M) (4) Upper Mississippi
Preston, Alice (M) (3) Southwest
Preusch, Robert W. (M) (2) New York
Price, Robert R. (M) (3) Oklahoma
Prigmore, L. T. (M) (5) Holston
Prince, Frank H. (M) (1) North Georgia
Purdham, Charles B. (M) (6) Minnesota
Purdy, Burt (M) (14) North Alabama
Purnell, Eric C. (M) (7) Central Texas
Quickel, Harold H. (E) (8) Eastern Pennsylvania
Ragland, James (M) (3) Detroit
Ragsdale, Mrs. J. B. (M) (13) Holston
Rainwater, Henry M. (M) (10) North Arkansas
Ramer, Lloyd W. (M) (13) Memphis
Randolph, Allan H. L. (M) (2) Louisville
Rayidolph, Willie B. (M) (3) Texas
Raoji, Ashok K. (M) (4) Madhya Pradesh
Reavley, Tom (M) (1) Southwest Texas
Redding, Mrs. Viola (M) (7) Western North Carolina
Redmond, Charles D. (E) (12) West Ohio
Redstone, Ray L. (M) (2) Florida
Reeves, Richard E. (M) (14) Central Illinois
Reitz, T. Russell (M) (5) Kansas East
Renich, Paul W. (M) (12) Kansas West
Revels, Percy B. (M) (1) Florida
Rice, George E. (M) (14) South Indiana
Rice, Spencer M. (M) (11) South Carolina (1785)
Richards, Cecil T. (M) (6) North India
Richardson, Ted L (M) (9) Southwest Texas
Richer, Ben (E) (14) West Ohio
Richer, George M. (M) (5) Southwest Texas
Riddick, Roland P. (M) (2) Virginia
Riley, Sumpter M., Jr. (M) (5) West Ohio
Risinger, Melvin S. (M) (13) West Virginia
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Ritter, Ralph M. (E) (8) Central Pennsylvania
Rivers, Mrs. J. R. (M) (7) South Georgia
Rixse, John H., Jr. (M) (4) Virginia
Robbins, Carl M. (M) (8) Memphis
Robbins, Gene E. (M) (12) North Indiana
Robbins, Wilmer B. (M) (8) Holston
Roberts, Harold (M) (3) Great Britain
Roberts, Leigh (M) (7) Wisconsin
Roberts, Sam (M) (4) West Virginia
Roberts, Samuel T. (M) (6) Liberia
Roberts, Sidney (M) (11) Central Texas
Roberts, Mrs. William T. (M) (1) Tennessee
Robertson, Frank L. (M) (3) South Georgia
Robey, William T., Jr. (M) (3) Virginia
Robinson, Albert (M) (1) East Ohio
Rodeheffer, Calvin (M) (9) West Ohio
Rodnguez, Moises M. (M) (deceased) Middle Philippines
Rogers, Carleton C. (M) (10) Northern Illinois
Rogers, Mrs. Floyd (E) (7) West Virginia
Rohrbaugh, Laverne E. (E) (5) Baltimore
Rollins, Mrs. Rose (M) (13) Northern New Jersey
Rooks, John J. (M) (8) Florida
Roper, Wilbur F. (M) (11) North Texas
Rose, Harold E. (M) (4) Oregon-Idaho
Ruff, William H. (M) (8) North Georgia
Rupert, Thomas (M) (4) Kansas West
Russell, John B. (M) (9) Virginia
Rutland, Walter B. (M) (9) Florida
Rutter, Kenneth P. (M) (6) Western Pennsylvania
Sackmann, Dieter A. (M) (6) South Germany
Sagar, Sisa Masih (M) (11) Agra
Saito, Kazuo (M) (10) Southern California- Arizona
Samson, Restituto F. (M) (4) Northwest Philippines
Samuel, S. K. (M) (11) South India
Sanders, Carl J. (M) (9) Virginia
Sanders, Felix J. (M) (9) _ Louisville
Santana, Benjamin (M) (12) P^^erto Rico
Satterfield, John C. (M) (2) • • • • Mississippi
Sayre, Charles A. (M) (9) Southern New Jersey
Schiller, Theodore E. (M) (9) Baltimore
Schilling, Marvin A. (M) (5) ^ ■ Wisconsin
Schneeberger, Vilem (M) (1) Czechoslovakia
Schneidereit, Harry (M) (1) Annual Conf. of German
Democratic Rep.
Schoenlein, Dr. Charles F. (M) (4) Northern New York
Schreiber, Lyle J. (E) (1) Minnesota
Schulz, Willard W. (E) (14) ^ Wisconsin
Schwiebert, Erwin H. (M) (1) ^P.^'^^^^.'^f ?
Scott, Ralph (M) (12) Missouri West
Seals, Woodrow (M) (1) Texas
Sears, Mrs. Katherine (M) (7) _ ■ Iowa
Sease, Gene E. (E) (3) Western Pennsylvania
Seiler, Ralph H. (M) (12) Southwest Texas
Settle, Frank A. (M) (14) ^Holston
Sexton, Mrs. Joe (M) (5) Tennessee
Shamblin, J. Kenneth (M) (2) ..•.,• X ^^^^
Sharpe, Guy (M) (12) ^''^t*^ .?T!-^
Shaw, inder A. (M) (12) ■^■■^- North India
Shearer, Daniel L. (E) (2) Central Pennsylvama
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Shearer, Paul V. (M) (2) Iowa
Shepherd, Paid (M) (5) Louisville
Shipps, Hammell P. (M) (10) Southern New Jersey
Shoemaker, Wayne E. (M) (2) Iowa
Shook, Wallace T.{U) (11) Texas
Shore, Philip L., Jr. (M) (13) Western North Carolina
Shown, Mrs. Louise (M) (11) North Indiana
Shroyer, Lawton W. (E) (4) Eastern Pennsylvania
Silvers, Mrs. Floyd L. (M) (11) Oklahoma
Simbine, Titos J. (M) ( ) Southeast Africa
Simpson, John C, Jr. (M) (11) Virginia
Sims, R. Paul (M) (5) Southern Illinois
Singer, Edgar F. (M) (1) Wyoming
Sites, Mrs. Robert L, (E) (2) North Indiana
Skeete, F. Herbert (M) (7) New York
Slutz, Leonard D. (M) (2) West Ohio
Smith, Alex J. (E) (5) Sierra Leone
Smith, Eugene L. (M) (2) Northern New Jersey
Smith, Harold F. (M) (7) Southern New England
Smith, Holiday (M) (2) Holston
Smith, Irving L. (M) (14) Oklahoma
Smith, Mrs. Marshall (M) (7) Mississippi
Soderberg, John C. (M) (1) Yellowstone
Soderholm, Mrs. Patricia A. (M) (4) Wisconsin
Spafford, Freda (E) (6) Detroit
Spain, Robert H. (M) (13) Tennessee
Spears, R. Wright (M) (3) South Carolina (1785)
Speer, Aubrey B. (M) (4) Missouri West
Springman, Thomas R. (E) (1) Central Pennsylvania
Sprouls, J. Clifton (M) (2) Oklahoma
Spurr, Miss Edith (M) (13) Southern New England
Stambach, Arthur W. (E) (9) Central Pennsylvania
Standard, Forrest L. (M) (11) Missouri West
Stanger, Frank B. (M) (3) Southern New Jersey
Stanley, David L. (M) (1) Southern Illinois
Stanley, Miles (E) (1) West Virginia
Stanton, Charles F. (E) (4) South Indiana
Staubach, William T., Jr. (M) (4) New York
Stauffer, Eugene E. (M) (12) Northern Illinois
Steele, Sam (M) (4) New Mexico
Steffner, John E., Sr. (M) (4) Holston
Stephens, Ralph L. (M) (7) Northern New Jersey
Stevenson, Thomas F. (M) (6) North Alabama
Stewart, Martin J5. (M) (5) New Mexico
Stich, Siegfried (E) (9) Switzerland (E)
Sticher, Hermann (E) (5) South Germany
Stith, Forrest C. (M) (7) Baltimore
Stokes, Mack B. (M) (6) Holston
Stone, S. Lloyd (M) (4) Tennessee
Stovall, James L. (M) (9) Louisiana
Streeter, Emmett T. (M) (10) Nebraska
Strickland, Don L. (M) (4) Texas
Stroh, Byron F. (M) (6) South Indiana
Strosahl, M. Stanford (M) (3) Wisconsin
Stuckey, Paul E. (E) (3) West Ohio
Stumbo, John E. (M) (1) Kansas East
Styron, Mrs. Arthur (M) (11) North Georgia
Sundin, Robert (E) (4) North Dakota
Susat, Edward (M) (10) South Indiana
Swales, William R. (M) (13) Central New York
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Siveazy, Albert W. (M) (2) Kentucky
Swofford, Mrs. Ross (M) (13) Missouri East
Talbert, Melvin G. (M) (13) Southern California-Arizona
Tate, Godfrey L. (M) (1) Virginia
Taylor, Eben (M) (14) South Carolina (1785)
Taylor, Lawrence R. (E) (8) West Michigan
Taylor, Wendell P. C. (M) (13) Mississippi (FCJ)
Tholin, Richard D. (E) (1) Northern Illinois
Thomas, John J. (M) (4) South Indiana
Thompson, Mrs. Barbara (M) (14) Baltimore
Thompson, Everett K. (M) (4) Southern Illinois
Thompson, Gordon G., Jr. (M) (9) North Georgia
Thompson, Lionel (M) (9) Detroit
Thornburg, Richard A. (M) (6) New York
Thornburg, Robert W. (M) (3) Central Illinois
Thornton, B. I. (M) (4) South Georgia
Thurman, Arthur V. (M) (2) California-Nevada
Tignor, Thomas P. (M) (5) Virginia
Tobler, Theophil J. (M) (5) Switzerland (M)
Tolbert, Robert J. (M) (6) East Ohio
Tombaugh, Reid (M) (1) Central Illinois
Tomlin, William H. (M) (12) Tennessee
Totten, Harold (E) (13) Kansas West
Totten, Mrs. Howard (M) (7) Central New York
Totvnsend, Samuel L. (M) (11) North Carolina
Trice, William E. (M) (6) North Texas
Trotter, F. Thomas (M) (6) Southern California-Arizona
Trotter, J. Irwin (M) (10) Southern California- Arizona
Truitt, Richard O. (M) (1) Wisconsin
Tuell, Jack M. (M) (6) Pacific Northwest
Tullis, Edward L. (M) (7) Kentucky
Turner, James W. (M) (14) Virginia
Ukunda, Andre (M) ( ) Central Congo
Underwood, Harry K. (M) (4) Baltimore
Unger, E. Paul (M) (6) Central Illinois
Urbom, Warren K. (M) (5) Nebraska
Van Brunt, F. Norman (M) (6) Baltimore
Vandegriff, Paul M. (M) (1) West Ohio
Van Ornum, Carlton G. (M) (6) Northern New York
Van Sickle, John R. (M) (9) Northern Illinois
Vargas, Roberto K. (M) Costa Rica
Vaughan, William C. (M) (13) Virginia
Verdin, Douglas F. (M) (13) New York
Vickers, John E. (M) (2) Alabama-West Florida
Vijendra Kumar, Maddala R. (M) (4) Hyderabad
Vinluan, Victor C. (M) (6) Northwest Philippines
Wagner, Blake D. (E) (5) East Ohio
Waite, Alvis A., Jr. (M) (6) South Georgia
Walker, J. Everett (M) (4) California-Nevada
Walker, James M. (M) (2) Southwest Texas
Walker, Leon E. (M) (4) Southern New Jersey
Walker, Morris D. (M) (4) Central Texas
Walker, W. Roland (M) (10) Virginia
Wallace, William L., Jr. (M) (6) North Mississippi
W alley, F. Lewis (M) (6) Eastern Pennsylvania
Walton, Herbert (M) (8) Northern Illinois
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Ward, A. Sterling (M) (6) Missouri West
Ward, John W.,Jr.(M) (6) Missouri East
Warman, John B. (M) (2) Western Pennsylvania
Warner, Earl D. (E) (11) Central Pennsylvania
Waterfield, Donald A. (M) (4) Troy
Watson, Mrs. Elizabeth (M) (7) Oregon-Idaho
Watson, Martha B. (M) (2) North Texas
Watson, Michael (M) (7) South Carolina (1785)
Watson, Mrs. Olive E. (M) (4) Florida
Watts, Ewart G. (M) (9) Kansas East
Weaver, L. Stacy (M) (12) North Carolina
Webb, Paul, Jr. (M) (2) North Georgia
Webb, Pauline M. (M) (11) Great Britain
Webber, Frank (M) (8) California-Nevada
Weems, Mrs . H. V. (M) (6) Florida
Weinberg, Stanley C, Jr. (M) (5) Southern New England
Weldon, Wilson O. (M) (5) Western North Carolina
Werder, Louise (M) (4) North Katanga
Weston, Charles H. (M) (7) West Ohio
Westphal, Wilhelm F. (E) (3) Northwest Germany
Wheatley, Melvin E., Jr. (M) (3) Southern California- Arizona
Whitaker, George W. (M) (2) South Carolina (1785)
White, C. Dale (M) (10) Southern New England
White, Charles D. (M) (12) Western North Carolina
White, E. McKinnon (M) (1) Southern New England
White, James K. (M) (13) Central Illinois
White, Leonard (M) (9) East Ohio
White, Luther W., Ill (M) (3) Virginia
White, Raymon E. (M) (13) Holston
White, William D. (M) (13) Northern Illinois
White, Woodie W. (M) (10) Detroit
Whitten, Dolphus, Jr. (M) (9) Oklahoma
Wichelt, John F. (E) (6) Nebraska
Wicklein, Mrs. Helen (M) (7) Baltimore
Wieting, Mrs. Wesley S. (M) (7) Northern Illinois
Wilcox, Katherine W. (M) (1) West Michigan
Wilcox, Robert L. (M) (1) Holston
Wilcoxon, Francis (E) (7) South Indiana
Wilken, Alferd E. (E) (6) Iowa
Wilkinson, Donald (M) (9) Wisconsin
Will, Mary K. (M) (3) Baltimore
Williams, Frank L. (M) (8) Baltimore
Williams, George F. (M) (2) Southern California- Arizona
Williams, John BF (M) (Deceased 9/8/71) Florida
Wilshusen, Mrs. John (M) (10) Southwest Texas
Wilson, Carroll (M) (13) Central Texas
Wilson, Charles E., Jr. (M) (3) North Georgia
Wilson, Frank S. (M) (1) Holston
Wilson, Robert L. (M) (5) Alabama- West Florida
Wilson, T. R. (M) (4) Georgia
Wilson, Winslow (M) (8) Wisconsin
Winton, Jeanette (M) (7) New York
Wolf, John D. (M) (1) North Indiana
Wonders, Dr. Alice (M) (14) Central Texas
Wood, Allison C. (M) (13) Northern New York
Wood, Dr. Donald R. (M) (13) Rocky Mountain
Wood, George S. (M) (6) Louisville
Woodall, A. H. (M) (10) North Alabama
Woods, William F. (E) (10) Central Pennsylvania
Woomer, James A. (E) (1) Western Pennsylvania
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Wright, George A. (M) (2) South Georgia
Wright, James W. (M) (6) West Michigan
Wright, M. Max (E) (8) Kansas East
Wunderlich, Maria (M) (4) Southwest Germany
Yaggy, Mrs. William H. (M) (13) Iowa
Yancey, Charles L, (M) (2) Memphis
Yarbrough, George M. (M) (1) North Mississippi
Yeargan, Mrs. Victor (M) (1) North Georgia
Yingling, L. Carroll (M) (3) Baltimore
Yocum, Donald R. (M) (7) West Ohio
Young, H. Claude (M) (7) Western North Carolina
Young, Robert T. (M) (6) Western North Carolina
Zehner, Henry W. (E) (10) Eastern Pensylvania
Ziegler, Wilbur C. (M) (6) Southern New England
Zimmerman, Eugene M. (M) (13) Florida
Zorn, George L. (M) (1) South Georgia
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF
RESERVE DELEGATES
(Italics denote Ministerial Delegates. (M) or (E) denotes former
church membership)
Abbott, W. H. (M) Alabama-West Florida
Abel, Paul F. (M) New York
Adams, Robert (M) Wisconsin
Ader, Joe K. (M) Southwest Texas
Adrian, Paul (E) Kansas West
Adriano, Santos M. (M) Middle Philippines
Agler, Mrs. L. M. (M) Northern Illinois
Akamine, Ernest K. (M) Southern California-Arizona
Aldrich, Charles S. (M) Western New York
Alexander, Ben C. (M) Tennessee
Alford, J. W. (M) Mississippi
Alford, Mrs. Thelma (M) Peninsula
Allen, Charles L. (M) Texas
Allen, Jerry (M) Southern California- Arizona
Allen, Joe B. (M) Texas
Alley, Mrs. Clyde (E) West Virginia
Alley, Raymond A. (M) Florida
Allman, S. H. (M) Little Rock
Almo7id, Lawrence F. (M) Southern New England
Alsobrook, W. A. (M) South Georgia
Anderson, Hurst R. (M) Baltimore
Anderson, Mrs. Georgia (M) Baltimore
Anderson, Mrs. Ruth (M) Southern New England
Anglin, James F. (E) North Indiana
Antes, Charles W. (M) Iowa
App, Donald B. (E) Rocky Mountain
Appleby, Harvey (M) Peninsula
Appling, W. A. (M) Northwest Texas
Arbaugh, Robert N. (M) Missouri West
Archer, John (M) East Ohio
Armentrout, Olin (M) Holston
Arnold, Frederick D. (M) Southern New Jersey
Ashby, Harvey W. (M) Virginia
Atchison, Calvin (M) Tennessee
Atkinson, Sydney H. (M) New York
Avery, Keith T. (M) West Michigan
Babbs, J. Carlton (M) Rocky Mountain
Backenson, Henry L. (M) Southern New Jersey
Bagley, Roy I. (M) Little Rock
Bailen, Gregorio R. (M) Northwest Philippines
Bailor, Alfred M. (E) Sierra Leone
Baird, C. Robert (M) West Ohio
Baker, Mrs. Jane (M) West Ohio
Baker, Pamela (M) Kansas East
Baker, Robert L. (M) Western North Carolina
Bahomb, Raymond E. (M) Oregon-Idaho
Ballou, James D. (M) West Ohio
Bane, W. V. (M) Central Texas
Banks, Mrs. Henrine W. (M) Florida
Barnes, Donald L. (M) North Indiana
Barnett, I, Nels (M) North Arkansas
Barrett, Samuel M. (M) Oklahoma
Barrow, Emmitt C. (M) Texas
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Barrow, Mrs. Opal (M) Alabama-West Florida
Bauman, David B. (M) Gujarat
Baumgardner, Robert (M) Northwest Texas
Baxley, Mrs. Beulah H. (M) South Carolina (1866)
Bayliss, John A. (M) North Arkansas
Beal, Jim (M) North Arkansas
Beaman, Charles G., Jr. (M) Western North Carolina
Bean, Frank (M) Kentucky
Bear, Orval L. (M) Central Illinois
Bechdol, Mrs. Ralph (M) South Indiana
Beck, Kenneth O. (M) Minnesota
Becker, Richard L. (M) Kansas East
Belk, Mrs. Ethel (M) West Virginia
Bell, James M. (M) Tennessee
Bell, Thomas (M) Southern New England
Bennett, Benjamin (M) Western Pennsylvania
Benson, Howard C. (M) Northern Illinois
Berg, Barrel E. (M) Nebraska
Berg, Josef E. (M) Sweden
Bergmann, Lynn A. (E) Western Pennsylvania
Bergwall, Evan H., Sr. (M) North Indiana
Bergwall, Mrs. Evan H., Jr. (M) North Indiana
Berisford, Martin A., Jr. (E) West Virginia
Bermudez, Efrain (M) Costa Rica
Bernardo, Teodoro (M) Philippines
Betterly, Austin E. (E) (Deceased) Central New York
Biggers, Gilbert M. (M) Louisville
Bishop, Audie C. (M) North Mississippi
Bishop, Bruce H. (E) Western Pennsylvania
Bishop, Mrs. Gerald 0. (E) Western Pennsylvania
Bishop, William E. (M) Baltimore
Bjerno, Henning (M) Denmark
Blair, Mrs. Douglas (M) Oregon-Idaho
Blair, J. Seaborn (M) North Carolina
Blaising, Marcus J. (M) South Indiana
Bland, Cecil E. (M) Louisiana
Bledsoe, Robert D. (M) Florida
Bliven, Owen R. (M) Western New York
Boettcher, Mrs. Lu (M) Wisconsin
Boggs, Robert C. (M) Florida
Boleyn, Charles W. (M) North Georgia
Bolinger, George (M) Central Illinois
Bond, Nye 0. (M) Nebraska
Booth, Dale (M) Little Rock
Boss, Leroy (M) Peninsula
Bostwick, W. E. (M) South Georgia
Boswell, George (M) North Texas
Boidton, Edwin C. (M) Iowa
Bowen, John (M) West Ohio
Bowen, Theodore R. (M) Baltimore
Bowen, William C. (M) North Georgia
Bowyer, Mrs. John (E) West Virginia
Bowyer, Richard O. (M) West Virginia
Boyer, Samuel C. (E) Central Pennsylvania
Bradley, Cecil E. (M) Alabama-West Florida
Brandt, Frede (M) Denmark
Brankhorst, Mrs. Edward (M) Missouri East
Brannon, William C. (M) North Alabama
Branscomb, Louise (M) North Alabama
Braswell, Henry (M) North Texas
Braucht, Jack H. (M) South Georgia
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Breland, A. Dan (M) Mississippi
Brewster, Jerry G. (M) Memphis
Brittain, Thomas N. (M) South Carolina (1785)
Brockman, Mrs. Vivian (M) Rocky Mountain
Broome, Allan R. (M) South Carolina (1785)
Brose, Winfried (M) West Berlin
Brown, Dr. Claude W. (M) Southwest Texas
Brown, E. Russell (M) Rocky Mountain
Brown, Frank E. (M) Pacific Northwest
Brown, Gladstone L. (M) East Ohio
Broyles, Jay E. (M) Tennessee
Buchmiiller, Josua (E) Switzerland (E)
Budarpur, H. C. (M) South India
Budd, W. Candler (M) North Georgia
Buell, Harold E. (M) Florida
Buford, John L. (M) Southern Illinois
Bugbee, Wary-en A. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Buresova, Mrs. Marta (M) Czechoslovakia
Burge, Donald (M) East Ohio
Burgess, E. Clayton, Jr. (M) Troy
Burgess, J. R. (M) North Georgia
Burkett, Newton, Jr. (M) Northern New Jersey
Burkitt, Olga (M) New York
Burney, Harry L., Jr. (M) Florida
Butler, David J. (M) Iowa
Butler, J. Weldon (M) Northwest Texas
Byrkit, Ervin (M) Rocky Mountain
Cain, Wesley Ralph (M) Louisiana
Caine, Dr. Donald (M) North Dakota
Caldwell, Charles W. (M) Missouri West
Calhoun, Mrs. Frank A. (M) Tennessee
Campney, Arthur B. (M) Iowa
Canafax, Jackson (M) Central Illinois
Cannon, Joel E. (M) South Carolina (1785)
Cannon, Ralph A. (M) South Carolina (1785)
Caraway, James J. (M) Louisiana
Cariker, C. E. (M) South Georgia
Carle, John R. (M) Oklahoma
Carlstedt, Gustav G. (M) Sweden
Carro, Bengt (M) Sweden
Carroll, B. F. (M) Central Texas
Carruth, Paul (M) North Carolina
Carter, Clifford L. (M) West Ohio
Carter Fletcher (M) South Carolina (1785)
Case, Riley L. (M) North Indiana
Catlin, Dale (E) Central Illinois
Chairer, Jane (M) Detroit
Chambers, Marshall (E) North Indiana
Chand, Mrs. Shirin I. (M) Lucknow
Chaney, Tom (M) Missouri East
Chawhan, Samuel K. (M) Gujarat
Cheney, Edward B. (M) Southern New Jersey
Cherry, William T. (M) Eastern Pennsylvania
Chilcote, Thomas F. (M) Holston
Childress, Robert T., Jr. (M) Central Texas
Chiles, Charles E. (M) Virginia
Chinn, Harvey N. ( E ) California-Nevada
Chow, W. Jing (M) West Ohio
Christian, Samson T. (M) Gujarat
Christopher, Richard L. (M) South Indiana
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Christy, John H. (M) . Western North Carolina
Clardy, Mrs. Clarence (M) Missouri East
Clary, Mrs. Irvin (E) East Ohio
Clay, Thomas B. (M) Western New York
Cleveland, Howard L. (M) Alabama-West Florida
Cleveland, Weyman R. (M) South Georgia
Cline, Eleanor (M) New York
Cli7ie, John M. (M) North Carolina
Clymer, Wayne K. (E) Northern Illinois
Coad, Richard P. (M) West Ohio
Cobb, Mrs. Ed. (M) Nebraska
Cochran, Robert E. (E) West Ohio
Cochrane, Maynard (M) South Dakota
Cockrill, Willard (M) Louisville
Coffin, Allen (M) Detroit
Collin, Anne Marie (M) Sweden
Collins, Christopher J. (M) East Ohio
Collins, John C. (M) New York
Conklin, Rowland S. (M) Troy
Cook, Dean F. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Cooper, Lawrence T. (M) Southern California-Arizona
Coots Fred H. (M) Southern California-Arizona
Corbett, James D. (E) Eastern Pennsylvania
Corhin, J. Wesley (E) Wisconsin
Corl, Daniel D. (E) East Ohio
Corriher, Walter D. (M) Western North Carolina
Cortes, Nathanael L. (M) Philippines
Coidter, H. Russell (M) Central Ilhnois
Cousins, James G. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Cox, Ralph E. (E) Oregon-Idaho
Crabtree, H. Glenn (E) West Ohio
Cramer, Mrs. Irene (E) Wisconsin
Crandall, J. Roland (M) Iowa
Crawford, Arthur M. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Crawford, Mrs. Mary G. (M) ■ • -'^?xas
Crawford, Raymond P. (E) South Indiana
Crayton, Alfred L. (M) Wyoming
Crenshaw, Bryan (M) South Carolina (1785)
Crippen, James A. (M) ^^^^P}^
Crist, Mrs. Dollie L. (M) Florida
Crocker, Hiigh D. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Crummey, D. Clifford (M) California-Nevada
Cryer, Donald W. (M) ■ West Ohio
Curl, William E. (M) North Alabama
Curry, Earl T. (M) Kentucky
Curry, James S. (M) ^-^n ' v ^il^'fifif
Curry, John W., Sr. (M) South Carolina (1866)
Curtis, Charles M. (M) Kansas West
Curtis, George E. (M) Maine
da Costa, Matoso Santos (M) ^ Angola
Dammann, Mrs. Chester (M) East L.hio
Dangarembga, Susan (M) Rhodesia
Danley, Samuel B. (M) Baltimore
Dass, John B. (M) ^Bombay
Dass, Prema (M) t. . ' -o ^u^kno^v
Daugherty, Robert M. (E) Eastern Pennsylvania
David, Nirmal (M)
Lucknow
David, Shanthappa V. (M) ^ ■ ^Hyderabad
Davidson, Barney L. (M) North Carolina
Davidson, John H. (M) Virginia
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Davis, Doris (M) Southern Illinois
Davis, Elwood (M) Southern New Jersey-
Daws, H. Homer (M) West Virginia
Davis, James H. (M) Iowa
Davis, James T. (M) West Ohio
Davis, Laurence R. (M) Nebraska
Dawson, Roy K. (M) North Alabama
Dean, Mrs. Barton (M) Kansas East
Dean, Ben, Jr. (M) West Michigan
Dean, Benjamin F. (M) Delhi
Deaver, Leonard E. (E) Iowa
Decker, Clyde A. (M) Virginia
Deffebach, Lyle L. (M) Northwest Texas
DeHaan, Dr. Fred (M) Iowa
Deiss, Werner ( E ) Southwest Germany
Delp, Walter Owen, Jr. (E) West Ohio
DeMoss, Lynn A. (M) West Michigan
Denman, James E. (M) Missouri West
Dial, Adolph R. (M) North Carolina
Dice, Howard (M) Northern New York
Dickeyi, John (M) North Indiana
Dickens, Connie (M) West Virginia
Dickson, Clarence H. (M) Western North Carolina
Dickson, Nathan A. (M) Mississippi
Dietrich, Clyde W. (E) , Western Pennsylvania
Dillin, 0. E. (M) Western North Carolina
Di'mmler, Rolf (M) South Germany
Dixon, W. Edge (M) West Ohio
Dodgen, Ethan W. (M) North Arkansas
Doggett, Carroll A. (M) Baltimore
Dominick, Frank M. (M) North Alabama
Donner, James L. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Dorff, Earl N. (M) Oklahoma
Dorsey, Harold W. (M) Kentucky
Doty, L. Arthur (M) Troy
Douglas, Willard H. (M) Virginia
Douglass, Paul F. ( M) Memphis
Dowd, John A. (E) Iowa
Dowse, Mrs. Richard K. (M) Louisville
Doyle, Christopher D. (M) New York
Doyle, D. Paul (M) North Alabama
Drake, M. R. (M) East Ohio
Duecker, R. Sheldon (M) North Indiana
Duke, Charles D. (M) Mississippi
Dunlap, E. Dale (M) Kansas West
Dunlap, Mrs. William F. (M) East Ohio
Durham, Donald W. (M) Kentucky
Dykes, David L., Jr. (M) Louisiana
Early, Charles M. (M) Virginia
Eberhart, Tom (M) North Georgia
Edman, Clarence D. (E) West Virginia
Edwards, K. Morgan (M) Southern California-Arizona
Egger, Darris L. (M) Northwest Texas
Egger, John F. (M) Mississippi
Ekin, Floy J. (M) Central Illinois
Ellington, William D. (M) Pacific Northwest
Elliott, Avenell (M) Kansas West
Elmore, S. Joe (M) North Alabama
Emerick, Jack F. (E) Western Pennsylvania
Emmert, Herman A. (E) West Ohio
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Engelhardt, Christian L. (M) New York
Erck, Fred (M) Southwest Texas
Erwin, Richard C. (M) Western North Carolina
Eskew, Wendell (M) West Virginia
Estilow, Ulysses S. (E) Southern New Jersey
Evans, Evan C. (M) Louisville
Everhart, Frank (M) West Virginia
Eversley, John C. (M) New York
Ewald, Edward L. (M) Baltimore
Ewers, Duane A. (M) North Dakota
Ewing, Miss Betsy K. (M) Northern New Jersey
Ewing, William K. (M) Louisville
Faber, Fran (M) Minnesota
Fannings, Mrs, Helen (M) Northern Illinois
Farley, Mrs. Paul (E) Northern Illinois
Faubion, Mrs. E. Maurice (M) Texas
Faulkner, Arthur M. (M) Western North Carolina
Fears, Macon F. (M) Virginia
Felder, Cain H. (M) Southern New England
Felts, Clay W. (M) Oklahoma
Felty, Beverly (M) Virginia
Fenstermacher, Mrs. Robert (M) North Indiana
Fergusoyi, John C. (M) Northern Illinois
Ferree, James W. ( M ) Western North Carolina
Fetter, C. Willard (E) West Ohio
Fields, Richard E. (M) South Carolina (1866)
Figgs, Clyde P. (M) Virginia
Finch, George D. (M) Western North Carolina
Findley, William C. (E) Kansas West
Finney, W. Wray (M) Oklahoma
Firth, William E. (M) Baltimore
Fitzgerald, Er^iest A. (M) Western North Carolina
Flaming, Wilbert K. (M) Nebraska
Fletcher, Fremont (M) Minnesota
Flood, Harold D. (M) Eastern Pennsylvania
Flores, Finees (M) Northern Illinois
Forbes, Robert (M) Central New York
Ford, Earl L. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Forehand, George H. (M) North Carolina
Forkner, Stanley H. (E) West Michigan
Forni, Roy (M) East Ohio
Forsberg, Winfield (M) Minnesota
Fossett, Warren J. (M) Oklahoma
Fox, Miss Anna (M) Central Illinois
Foy, James D. (M) Baltimore
Francis, John H., Jr. (M) Wisconsin
Francis, John L. (M) West Michigan
Franklin, A. T. (M) Lucknow
Franklin, Miss Dorris (M) Lucknow
Franks, James S, (M) Holston
Frederick, Charles L. (M) North Alabama
Freeman, W. Carroll (M) Virginia
French, Burton L. (M) Virginia
Fritchley, Newton H. (M) Central Pennsylvania
Gacutan, Ezekias G. (M) Northwest Philippines
Galbraith, Mrs. John A. (M) Northern New Jersey
Gallaway, Ira (M) Central Texas
Galloway, Henry G. (M) Florida
Gardner, William A. (M) South Carolina (1785)
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Garibay, LimeHo C. (M) Mindanao
Garrison, Langdon H. (M) Alabama-West Florida
Gates, Matthew H. (M) New York
Gee, Thomas A. (E) Southern New England
George, Anchula T. (M) Hyderabad
George, Irene (M) Kansas West
Getty, Donald A. (M) California-Nevada
Gihhs, Marion M. (M) Florida
Gillespie, Sylvester T. (M) North Carolina
Gilreath, Mrs. Judy (M) North Texas
Girton, Paul K. (M) Central Pennsylvania
Gladstone, Herbert S. (M) Hyderabad
Goebel, Eberhard (E) West Berlin
Gold, Glenn W. (M) Florida
Gooclgame, Gordon C. (M) Holston
Goodwin, E. Bert, Jr. (M) North Alabama
Goodwin, Miss Edith M. (M) Florida
Goodwin, Mrs. Louise (M) West Ohio
Goodwin, Robert B. (M) Northern New Jersey
Gordon, Prentiss, Sr. (M) North Mississippi
Graber, Robert L. (M) East Ohio
Graham, George G. (M) Oklahoma
Granberry, Seth W. (M) Mississippi
Grant, John A. (E) Florida
Grant, Robert E. (M) Northern New Jersey
Graves, Wallace B. (M) South Indiana
Gray, Barrel D. (M) Southwest Texas
Gray, Ralph M. (M) East Ohio
Green, Mrs. Thomas P. (M) Louisville
Greer, W. E. (M) Texas
Griffith, Evelyn (M) Detroit
Griggs, Ulysses S., Sr. (M) Southern California-Arizona
Grinager, Lloyd K. (M) South Dakota
Grooms, Jordan (M) Northwest Texas
Gross, Ben (M) California-Nevada
Grumbein, Percy (E) Southern California- Arizona
Grummon, Richard R. (M) Central Illinois
Gruver, Esdras S. (M) Virginia
Guevara, Alexis (M) Costa Rica
Gulliksen, Erling (M) Norway
Gustafson, M. 0. (M) North Georgia
Hager, Alfred D. (M) Kansas East
Hahn, Robert J. (E) East Ohio
Haines, Henry L. (M) Oregon-Idaho
Haist, Willard P. (E) Detroit
Hale, Ralph E. (M) Little Rock
Hall, Kenneth T. (M) South Georgia
Hall, N. Guy (M) Missouri West
Hamilton, Charles P. (M) Florida
Hamilton, Charles W. (M) East Ohio
Hamilton, Edward E. (M) New Mexico
Hancock, C. David (E) South Indiana
Hancock, C. W. (M) South Georgia
Handy, Miss Doris M. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Hankins, Ja^nes E. (M) Holston
Hanlin, William (E) East Ohio
Hansen, John T. (M) (deceased) Central Illinois
Harada, David J. (M) Southern California-Arizona
Harbarger, Wayne Boyce, Jr. (M) West Ohio
Harbin, Melton E. (M) Western North Carolina
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Hardin, Paul, III (M) South Carolina (1785)
Harding, Richard E. (M) Southern New England
Hares, James (M) North Texas
Hargrove, Bruce (M) North Carolina
Harkness, Norval (M) West Ohio
Harper, Lyle E. (M) Baltimore
Harpster, Dorothy (M) Central Pennsylvania
Harring, Javies L. ( E ) Wyoming
Harris, Mrs. C. O. (M) South Indiana
Harris, Frederick (M) North Georgia
Harris, W. M., Jr. (M) North Alabama
Harris, William M. (M) Southwest Texas
Harrison, Walter (M) South Georgia
Harshman, David T. (M) Southern California- Arizona
Hart, William G. (M) Northern New York
Hartsell, Woodrow W. (M) Western North Carolina
Hartung, Ro7i H. (M) South Dakota
Hathaivay, Offie L. (M) North Carolina
Haun, Miss Mildred (E) Western Pennsylvania
Hauptman, Leo (M) North Indiana
Hauser, Louis C. (M) New York
Hdvek, Vaclav (M) Czechoslovakia
Haivk, Louis B. (M) Southern New Jersey
Hayes, Robert E., Sr. (M) Texas
Hay good, W. Hooper ( M) Texas
Haynes, L. L., Jr. (M) Louisiana
Hays, Ralph (M) (deceased) Mississippi
Head, Leivis N. (M) Florida
Heard, Milton, Jr. (M) South Georgia
Hearn, J. Woodrow (M) Louisiana
Heck, J. Holland (M) Eastern Pennsylvania
Hefley, Charles E. (M) North Indiana
Heflin, James M. ( M ) Texas
Helgesson, Alf (M) Southeast Africa
Hemphill, William, Jr. (M) Peninsula
Henderson, Coryielius L. (M) Georgia
Henderson, John (M) Southern Illinois
Henry, Mrs. William M. (M) Peninsula
Henton, Jack H. (M) Memphis
Herbert, Hugh S. ( M ) Yellowstone
Hermann, Theodor (M) Southwest Germany
Herr, Helen C. (M) Eastern Pennsylvania
Hershberger, George (E) Western Pennsylvania
Hester, John S. (M) Memphis
Hicks, L. T. (E) Oklahoma
Hierholzer, Elmer J. (M) Southwest Texas
Higgins, D. Rayborn (E) Central Pennsylvania
Hildyard, Hobart R. (M) . Kansas East
Hillis, Raymond (M) Little Rock
Hillman, Mrs. E. L. (M) North Carolina
Hinshaw, Lawrence A. (M) Southern California-Arizona
Hinzman, Parker L. (E) West Virginia
Hipp, J. C. (M) South Carolina (1785)
Hippel, George N. (M) Eastern Pennsylvania
Hirschman, Russell (M) South Indiana
Hoffer, Paul F. (E) Eastern Pennsylvania
Hogg, William K. (M) East Ohio
Hole, D. Leslie (M) Southern California-Arizona
Holler, J. Carlisle (M) South Carolina (1785)
Holm, Carl-Axel (M) Sweden
Holmes, Robert C. (M) South Indiana
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Holmes, William A. (M) Southwest Texas
Holte, Alfred O. (M) Pacific Northwest
Hook, James S. (E) North Indiana
Hoover, Mrs. Robert J. (M) Iowa
Hostetter, Russell R. (E) Eastern Pennsylvania
Howe, Gaylon L. (M) Florida
Howe, Robert B. (M) Southern New Jersey
Howland, Leslie W. (M) Maine
Huber, Paul W. (M) Virginia
Hudson, Mary A. (M) Eastern Pennsylvania
Huffman, Mrs. Frank W. (M) Rocky Mountain
Hulasi Rae, John V. (M) Madhya Pradesh
Hulsebus, Douglas (E) Iowa
Hunt, Walter L. (M) Wyoming
Hunter, C. Pershing (M) New York
Hunter, J. Duncan (M) North Alabama
Huntington, Mrs, Earle (M) Northern Illinois
Hutchins, Charles A. (M) Holston
Hutchins, Joshua, Jr. (M) Baltimore
Hutchinson, Orion N., Jr. (M) Western North Carolina
Ibasco, Abelardo O. (M) Northern Philippines
Ikeda, Tsuguo (M) Pacific Northwest
Ingram, Osmond K. (M) North Carolina
Ireland, Melvon L. (M) Nebraska
Ireland, Wayne L. (M) Minnesota
Ives, S. Clifton (M) Maine
Jackson, Andrew (M) West Michigan
Jackson, James L. (M) Georgia
Jackson, Rhett (M) South Carolina (1785)
Jenkins, Daniel C. (M) West Ohio
Jenkins, Leo W. (M) North Carolina
Jenkins, W. Y., Jr. (M) (deceased) South Carolina (1785)
Jeter, Mrs. Velma M. (M) Texas
Jimenez, Bienenido J. (M) Northern Philippines
Johnson, Carroll (M) Mississippi
Johnson, Cubell A. (M) Florida
Johnson, Elizabeth A. (M) Eastern Pennsylvania
Johnson, Mrs. Frank (M) Southern New Jersey
Johnson, Mrs. Howard (M) North Arkansas
Johnson, John G. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Johnston, Joseph S. (M) Virginia
Jolley, Delbert E. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Jones, George K. (M) Tennessee
Jones, J. Karl (M) Kansas West
Jones, James I. (M) Florida
Jones, Major J. (M) Holston
Jones, S. Jameson (M) Rocky Mountain
Jordan, Ben F. ( M ) North Arkansas
Jordan, Charles W. (M) Northern Illinois
Jud, Eugene F. (M) Central Texas
Jury, John S. (M) Detroit
Kaatz, Torrey A. (E) West Ohio
Kaelble, Alfred (M) South Germany
Kaiser, Samuel M. (M) North Indiana
Kalas, J. Ellsworth (M) Wisconsin
Kamm, Wayne K. (M) Iowa
Katayama, Roy (M) North Indiana
Kates, Robert L. (M) Mississippi
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Kauffman, Gerald D. (E) Central Pennsylvania
Kauffman, John E. (E) Southern Illinois
Katjs, Cnie U. (M) Kentucky
Keller, Edward M. (M) Wisconsin
Kellerman, Garfield H., Jr. (E) Detroit
Kelly, Owen T. (M) Virginia
Kelso, Earl F. (M) Florida
Kelz, Linton (M) West Ohio
Kennaugh, John H. (E) West Michigan
Kennedy, Stanley C. (M) Iowa
Kerns, Willis (M) Minnesota
Kerr, Charles S. (M) Eastern Pennsylvania
Kibler, Russell (M) South Indiana
Kidd, Charles O. (M) Virginia
King, Martha (M) North Georgia
Kinnard, Cannon (M) Missouri East
Kinnett, William R. (M) South Carolina (1785)
Kinsey, Mrs. A. M, (M) Northern Illinois
Kirk, Arthur R. (M) East Ohio
Kirk, William (M) Southern New Jersey
Kirkland, H. Burnham (M) New York
Kirkpatrick, Dow (M) Northern Illinois
Kistler, Richard (E) North Indiana
Kleinitz, Erwin (E) West Berlin
Knight, David (M) East Ohio
Knight, John L. (M) Central New York
Knight, William E. (M) Virginia
Knisely, Roger M. (E) Eastern Pennsylvania
Koi, Paul (M) Central Congo
Kokolias, Mrs. Dorothy (E) Northern New Jersey
Kopp, Lamar W. (E) Baltimore
Kraatz, Alvin L., Sr. (E) Western New York
Krause, Bruce E. (M) Texas
Krause, Gerald A. (M) Wisconsin
Krech, Walter D. (M) Central Illinois
Kreidler, Clair C. ( E ) Central Pennsylvania
Kreitner, Mrs. H. L. (M) Central Texas
Kuczma, Adam (M) Poland
Kuczma, Lidia (M) Poland
Kuhler, Warren (M) South Dakota
Kulp, John C. (M) Eastern Pennsylvania
Kumm, Joachim (M) West Berlin
Kumm, Kurt ( M ) Southwest Germany
Ktirtz, Merwin R. (E) Kansas East
Lai, Mohan (M) Bengal
Lall, Miss Premlata (M) Madhya Pradesh
Lance, Bert (M) North Georgia
Lance, Charles ( M ) Agra
Landis, Theodore E. (M) Virginia
Laney, James T. (M) Memphis
Lang, Albert V. (M) Southern New Jersey
Lange, James A. (E) (Transferred Out) Western New York
Langer, Horst (E) German Democratic Republic
Langford, Thomas A. (M) Western North Carolina
Langley, Earnest (M) Northwest Texas
Lanier, Anna E. (M) East Ohio
Larson, Norma (M) Minnesota
Laskey, Mrs. Glenn E. (M) Louisiana
Laskey, W. Jennings (M) Northern Illinois
Law, James G. (M) Central Pennsylvania
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Lawson, David J. (M) South Indiana
Lawson, James M. (M) Memphis
Lay, Gerald W. (M) Holston
Ledebur, Gilbert (E) Western Pennsylvania
Lee, Jack W. (M) West Ohio
LeGro, James M. (M) Central New York
Leighton, Mrs. Woodrow (E) Central Illinois
Lein, Woldeinar (M) Northwest Germany
Lembke, Dr. Glen L. (M) Southwest Texas
Lewis, Monroe C. (M) North Alabama
Lindberg, Kenneth D. (M) Detroit
Lindell, Rolf (M) Sweden
Lindsay, T. Landon (M) Southern New England
Lindsey, Jane (M) Southern California-Arizona
Lindstrom, David (M) Central Illinois
Ling, Carl C. (M) West Ohio
Lippnian, Roland A. (M) Southern Illinois
Locher, Donald R. (M) Southern California-Arizona
Lockowandt, Walter (E) Virginia
Loesch, Warren A. (E) Eastern Pennsylvania
Long, A. Lewis (E) Central Illinois
Long, Richard B. (M) Wyoming
Longenecker, Robert P. (E) Eastern Pennsylvania
Longsivorth, John E. (M) West Ohio
Lorch, Basil H., Jr. (M) South Indiana
Lord, H. T. (M) Alabama-West Florida
Lovasz, Johannes K. (M) Northwest Germany
Love, Grace (M) Detroit
Love, John L. (M) Central New York
Lowe, Jonathan (M) West Virginia
Luff, William G. (M) Eastern Pennsylvania
Lukens, Robert J. (M) Wyoming
Lundquist, C. David (M) West Michigan
Lushbough, Mrs. Lillian (M) South Dakota
Lutz, Robert W. (E) Baltimore
Lynn, Hawley B. (M) South Carolina (1785)
Machado, Abel P. (M) California-Nevada
Mackay, Donald M. (M) Florida
Mackey, J. Robert (M) Peninsula
Maibach, Paul (E) East Ohio
Major, James E. (M) Little Rock
Makonga, Arnold • . .North Katanga
Mandrelle, J. P. G. (M) Lucknow
Mann, C. Jordan (M) Southwest Texas
Mann, George M. (M) Southern California-Arizona
Manning, Charles C. (M) Virginia
Manning Hubert V. (M) South Carolina (1866)
Mapanao, Alfredo C. (M) Mindanao
Marandih, Mrs. Sarala (M) Bengal
Marker, Charles W. (M) Southern New Jersey
Marquardt, Mrs. A. W. (M) Nebraska
Marrs, Ross W. (M) South Indiana
Marsland, Irving A., Jr. (M) New York
Martin, Harold C. (M) North Alabama
Martin, James I. (M) Wisconsin
Martin, S. Walter (M) South Georgia
Marty, Dr. Wayne (E) Iowa
Masih, Komal (M) Moradabad
Mason, L. Keith (M) Louisiana
Massie, Hugh (M) Western North Carolina
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Mast, Jacob W. (M) Virginia
Master, Ithiel V. (M) Gujarat
Matthaei, Paul (M) Kansas West
Mauerhan, Clarence W. (E) Southern California-Arizona
Mmj, Felton E. (M) Peninsula
Mayer, Theodore C. (M) East Ohio
Mayfield, Robert G. (M) (5) Kentucky
McAdavis, Emil (M) Louisville
McBrayer, 0. A. (M) Northwest Texas
McCalhmi, Marvin H. (M) Detroit
McCartney, Mrs. Victor (E) Missouri East
McCleary, Paul F. (M) Central Illinois
McClinton, Clark C. (M) North Arkansas
McCool, David (M) North Mississippi
McCorviack, James H. (M) "West Ohio
McCormick, Gerald A. (E) Western Pennsylvania
McCormick, Paul R. (E) Western Pennsylvania
McCracken, Edgar W. (M) lov^^a
McCune, Mrs. Robert J. (M) Central New York
McDonell, C. Durward (M) (5) Florida
McFall, Carl S. (M) Oklahoma
McFarland, Mrs. R. J. (M) Northern Illinois
McGregor, Mrs. Warren (M) Wyoming
McGrew, Mrs. Mary M. (M) Texas
McGuire, Douglas L. (M) Louisiana
Mcintosh, Burt A. (M) Central Illinois
Mclnturf, Wayne (M) West Ohio
Mclntyre, John J. (M) Rocky Mountain
McLeod, David V/. (M) South Carolina (1785)
McMahan, Donald F. (M) (10) North Indiana
McQueen, Jack (M) Southwest Texas
McVey, Charles (E) West Ohio
Mead, Mrs. Charles W. (M) Nebraska
Meador, James A. (M) Virginia
Meadows, Archie L. (M) North Mississippi
Meares, John M. (M) North Carolina
Medkeff, Mrs. Emma (E) West Ohio
Medlin, William T., Jr. (M) Western North Carolina
Mehl, Mrs. Blanche (M) Missouri West
Meier, H. F., Jr. (M) Central Texas
Mercado, LaVerne D. (M) Middle Philippines
Meredith, Victor K., Sr. (M) Central Pennsylvania
Merz, Alfred (E) Switzerland (E)
Mettling, Carl G. (M) Northern Illinois
Metzler, Ed. E., Ill (M) New York
Mevis, Mrs. Joyce ( E ) Wisconsin
Meyer, Lester A. (M) Oklahoma
Michael, Marion S. (M) Baltimore
Mick, Billee S. (M) West Virginia
Middleton, Wayne B. (E) Detroit
Miles, Emory S. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Miller, Harry (E) West Virginia
Miller, Millard J. (E) West Ohio
Miller, W. Jene (M) Oklahoma
Miller, Williayyi T. (M) Iowa
Mills, Ardilla (E) Yellowstone
Minnick, Carlton P. (M) Virginia
Minsker, John H. (M) Western New York
Minus, Paul M., Jr. (M) West Ohio
Mitchell, Mrs. B. V. (M) East Ohio
Mitchell, Everett R. (M) Kansas West
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Mixson, Rex M. (M) Alabama-West Florida
Mohrmann, Werner (E) Northwest Germany
Moore, Mrs. Homer (M) New Mexico
Moore, Robiyison C. (M) Kansas East
Moore, Roy C. (M) South Carolina (1785)
Mooring, J. D. ( M) North Texas
Moots, Philip R. (M) West Ohio
Morlan, Darrell E. (M) North Indiana
Morris, John E. (M) Florida
Morris, William W. (M) Tennessee
Moses, Kollur V. (M) Hyderabad
Moss, Melvin C. (M) Virginia
Master, Rolf (M) Norway
Moivrey, James Z?. (E) Western Pennsylvania
Muiongue, Chadreque J Southeast Africa
Mulder, John W. (M) Detroit
Mulroy, James R. (M) Memphis
Mulundu, Jonathan S. (M) Southern Congo
Mund, Allen W. (E) Baltimore
Munden, C. Ebb, III (M) Nebraska
Munjoma, Samuel (M) Rhodesia
Munson, Sam (M) Yellowstone
Murphy, C. Edwin (M) Nebraska
Murphy, William T. (M) South Indiana
Murray, Alvin C. (M) Little Rock
Murray, Richard T. (M) Texas
Mwambai, Leon (M) North Katanga
Myers, C. Ray (E) Central Pennsylvania
Napier, Charles E. (M) Missouri East
Nathan, James (M) Lucknow
Nease, Edgar H. (M) Western North Carolina
Neely, Sam H., Jr. (M) Holston
Nelson, William L. J. (M) South Carolina (1866)
Neto, Mateus Joao Sebastian (M) Angola
Nettleton, James L. (M) Southern Illinois
Neumann, Norman C. ( E ) North Dakota
Newman, John W. (M) Virginia
Ngongo, Daniel (M) Central Congo
Nicholas, Clarence R. (M) Minnesota
Noland, Robert J. (M) North Georgia
Nordieng, Ingemar (M) Sweden
Norris, Mrs. Clyde (M) Nebraska
Norton, Elbert B. (M) North Alabama
Nothdurft, Clifton G. (M) Kansas East
Nugent, Randolph W. (M) New York
O'Dell, A. Glen (E) South Indiana
Oden, Waldo T., Jr. (M) Oklahoma
Oden, William B. (M) Oklahoma
Oliphant, George W. (M) Holston
Olivas, Mardoqrieo L. (M) Southern California-Arizona
Oot, Arthur B., Jr. (M) Northern New York
Orr, John H. (M) Alabama-West Florida
Orrick, L. C. (M) Texas
Orton, Hubert E. (M) Southern California- Arizona
Ostertag, Frank, Sr. (M) Northern New Jersey
Owen, Hugh (M) Alabama- West Florida
Padgett, Edgar A. (M) North Georgia
Page, Conrad M., Jr. (E) Central Pennsylvania
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Page, Mrs. Dennis E. (M) Memphis
Page, Jack W. (M) North Carolina
Palmer, Mrs. Jane (M) Baltimore
Pannell, James M. (M) Virginia
Parker, Bruce G. (M) Pacific Northwest
Parker, Clarence E. (M) Iowa
Parmar, Rameshchandra E. (M) Gujarat
Parr, Thomas H. (M) Texas
Parrish, John W. (M) Detroit
Parrish, Robert L. (M) Western North Carolina
Parrott, Gleyin R. (M) Iowa
Patrick, William H. (M) Louisiana
Patten, William C. (M) New Mexico
Patterson, Joyce Raye (M) Missouri West
Patterson, Ruthetta A. (M) New York
Paulson, Delbert C. (M) Rocky Mountain
Pearce, Richard W. (M) Florida
Peden, Homer C. (M) Mississippi
Pembroke, Maceo D. (M) Northern Illinois
Penrod, Miss Blanche (E) South Indiana
Perkins, Rual T. ( M ) Louisville
Perry, Bob G. (M) North Mississippi
Perry, Kirby W. (M) Southwest Texas
Persinger, Mrs. John (M) Rocky Mountain
Peters, Robert N. (M) Oregon-Idaho
Peterson, Will (M) South Georgia
Pettijohn, Rex E. (M) Oklahoma
Phillips, Charles W. (M) Western North Carolina
Phillips, J. Donald (M) North Alabama
Phillips, Samuel B. (M) South Indiana
Phipps, James (M) West Virginia
Pickett, Mrs. Elizabeth (M) North Georgia
Pinaire, Edward (M) South Indiana
Pinesett, Patricia S. (M) Florida
Pittard, Joe ( M ) North Georgia
Plowman, Howard L. (M) Oklahoma
Poe, George (M) Missouri West
Pope, Alton R. (M) Kansas East
Pope, J. W., Jr. (M) Virginia
Post, John E. (M) Southern New England
Potts, Edgar A. (M) Virginia
Praetorius, E. R. (E) Minnesota
Prakash, Jyoti ( M ) Lucknow
Prasad, Jones C. (M) Lucknow
Prater, Arnold (M) Missouri West
Prather, Mary (M) Kansas West
Pratt, Horace A. (M) Maine
Price, James S. (M) Western North Carolina
Pritchard, Llewelyn G. (M) Pacific Northwest
Puckett, L. G., Jr. (M) Tennessee
Pullen, Harry A., Jr. (M) Louisville
Quick, William K. (M) North Carolina
Quickel, Olive (E) Eastern Pennsylvania
Radhakrishan, John (M) Madhya Pradesh
Rae, Daisy (M) Detroit
Ragsdale, Ray W. (M) Southern California- Arizona
Raja, Victor (M) South India
Ralph, Janis S. (M) East Ohio
Ramsing, Niels J. (M) Denmark
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Ranch, Ezra H. (E) Eastern Pennsylvania
Ransom, E. C. (M) North Texas
Rathod, Raijibhai (M) Gujarat
Ratnam, Darsi J. (M) Bombay
Ready, Judson W. (M) South Carolina (1785)
Reames, David H., Jr. (M) Virginia
Reed, James (E) West Virginia
Reed, Watford (M) Oregon-Idaho
Reed, William B. (M) New York
Reese, David W., Jr. (M) South Carolina (1785)
Reid, William. W. (M) Wyoming
Reinhardt, Halsey (M) Wisconsin
Reynolds, Paul C. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Rhinesmith, John G. (M) Troy
Rice, Calvin C. (M) Minnesota
Richardson, John W. (M) West Ohio
Richardson, Sam (E) Minnesota
Richter, Kurt (E) South Germany
Rickey, Henry A. (M) Louisiana
Rider, John R. (M) Southern Illinois
Riedel, Gerhard (M) German Democratic Republic
Riley, James L. (M) Texas
Ripley, John E. (M) Holston
Riskedal, R. Kenneth (M) Northern Illinois
Ritchey, William H. (M) Pacific Northwest
Ritter, Edwin ( M ) Iowa
Ritter, Philip M. (M) Tennessee
Robertson, Vernard E. (M) South Georgia
Robinson, Forrest J. (M) Kansas West
Robinson, Frank J. (M) Texas
Robinson, Richard H. (M) Texas
Robinson, Russell R. (M) Southern California-Arizona
Robinson, Mrs. Stanley C. (M) Central New York
Robinson, William T. (M) Detroit
Robison, John W. (M) South Carolina (1785)
Robison, Roger (M) Yellowstone
Rodda, William F. B. (M) Northern New Jersey
Roelke, Mrs. Paul L. (E) North Indiana
Rohmann, Kurt M. (M) Switzerland (M)
Roker, Donald R. (E) Nebraska
Rollins, William B. (M) Southern California- Arizona
Roney, Hei-man F. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Rooks, Frank (M) Texas
Ross, Mrs. Martha (M) Baltimore
Rosser, Mrs. Ellen (M) Tennessee
Rote, G. Eugene (E) Western Pennsylvania
Roudebush, Roy R. (M) North Indiana
Roughton, William W. (M) Florida
Rountree, Alvin (M) Central Illinois
Rouse, C. R. (M) Kentucky
Rowbotham, Eugene B. (M) Rocky Mountain
Rowe, J. Edgar (M) Virginia
Rowsam, Robert H. (M) Western New York
Russell, E. A. ( E ) Louisville
Russell, Mrs. H. M. (M) Holston
Russell, John W. (M) Oklahoma
Russell, Roger E. (M) Iowa
Ruth, Dale L. (M) Peninsula
Rutland, John E. (M) North Alabama
Ryan, Mrs. Paul (E) West Virginia
Rymph, Levi (M) Kansas West
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Sageser, David B. (M) West Ohio
Saito, Perry H. (M) Wisconsin
Salem, Joe T. (M) Northwest Texas
Sales, Philip N. (M) Western North Carolina
Sampson, Charles T. (E) West Ohio
Sander, Harvey (M) South Dakota
Sanford, Terry (M) North Carolina
Sansano, Lauro O. (M) Northwest Philippines
Sargeant, John B. (M) Florida
Sasaki, James K. (M) Southern California-Arizona
Savery, Gilbert M. (E) Nebraska
Sawyer, John R. ( E ) Virginia
Schalla, Eeinhard A. (E) Northwest Germany
Schilling, Kurt H. (M) Southern New Jersey
Schlechte, Erhard (E) German Democratic Republic
Schroder, Harry (M) German Democratic Republic
Schupp, Oscar G. (M) Missouri East
Schivaiger, Walter ( E ) South Germany
Seals, Taylor (M) Kentucky
Sears, Miss Nancy L. (M) Iowa
Seaxvell, William A., Sr. (M) North Carolina
Seay, John W. (M) West Ohio
Sebert, Lowell E. (M) West Virginia
Selby, Mrs. Cora (M) Peninsula
Self, Edgar (M) North Alabama
Self, Nancy (M) Southern California- Arizona
Selleck, Richard A. (M) West Michigan
Sham, Roa, Prabhakar D. (M) Madhya Pradesh
Shaner, Harry E. (M) California-Nevada
Shannon, Charles E. (M) Western North Carolina
Sharp, William L. (M) North Mississippi
Sheaffer, Lee B. (E) Virginia
Sheldon, Mark (M) Central Illinois
Shelnutt, Dumas B. (M) North Georgia
Shepherd, William M. (M) Little Rock
Sherrill, Marion J. (M) North Georgia
Shields, Joe (M) West Ohio
Shindany, Joseph N. (M) Southern Congo
Shinn, Ridgway F., Jr. (M) Southern New England
Shipley, James W. (M) Baltimore
Shipman, Joseph C. (M) Western New York
Shipp, Thomas J. (M) North Texas
Shirah, A. Jason (M) South Georgia
Shockley, John R. (M) Peninsula
Shopshire, James E. (M) Iowa
Shoultz, Jack W. (M) Texas
Shover, Donald R., Jr. (E) Central Pennsylvania
Shuler, James E. (M) Central Texas
Shuman, Charles W. (M) Central Illinois
Shunk, Ralph K. (M) West Ohio
Shyamlal, L. B. (M) Lucknow
Siegfried, Peter M. (M) Switzerland (M)
Siess, Robert J. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Simons, William B. (M) Central Pennsylvania
Singh, Baldeo (M) Agra
Singh, Dharamjit (M) Agra
Singh, Fowler M. (M) Madhya Pradesh
Singh, Jai (M) Lucknow
Singh, Joseph B. (M) Gujarat
Singh, Joseph G. (M) North India
Singh, Lamuel Lai (M) Agra
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Singh, Prem P. (M) Madhya Pradesh
Singh, Ratan K. ( M ) Madhya Pradesh
Singh, Ratbhan (M) Lucknow
Singh, Robert M. (M) Lucknow
Sinha, Miss Satyavati S. (M) Moradabad
Sink, Archie (M) Western North Carolina
Slider, W. W. (M) Louisville
Slover, Donald L. (M) Missouri East
Smart, Rosemund A. North India
Smith, Aubrey B. (M) Mississippi
Smith, Carlos J. R. (M) North Arkansas
Smith, H. Travers (M) Maine
Smith, Harvey J. (M) Western North Carolina
Smith, J. Castro (E) Holston
Smith, Lowell (M) Southern Illinois
Smith, Norbert W. (M) Detroit
Smith, Rex C. (E) West Ohio
Smith, Robert M. (M) (14) Western North Carolina
Smith, Rossing (M) West Virginia
Smith, Stanley J. (M) West Virginia
Smith, William E. (M) West Ohio
Smoot, Jewell M. (M) Detroit
Snead, Dr. James G. (M) Virginia
Snow, Dudley V. (M) Louisiana
Snyder, Sydney (M) California-Nevada
Sohl, Mrs. Lowell (E) Rocky Mountain
Soiland, Gustav (M) Norway
Sonnenday, Mrs. Margaret (M) Missouri East
Sorensen, Earl (M) West Michigan
Soxman, Lee F., Jr. (M) Missouri West
Sparks, John R. (M) Texas
Spencer, Lester H. (M) Alabama- West Florida
Spoor, Ralph E. (M) New York
Sprecher, Mrs. Delia (E) (10) Wisconsin
Spruce, Miss Susan (M) Southwest Texas
Stambach, Paul E. (E) Central Pennsylvania
Stamp, Mrs. Carl (M) Western New York
Stansbury, William B., Jr. (M) Baltimore
St. Clair, Ben B. (M) Holston
Steel, C. E. (M) South Georgia
Steele, Clay (M) Northern Illinois
Steele, Ralph S. (M) North Indiana
Steele, William S. (M) Holston
Steger, Clarence D. (M) Florida
Stein, Neil L. (M) Missouri East
Stengel, Jack (E) South Dakota
Stephenson, Roy C. (M) Memphis
Stephenson, Sheldon B. (M) Central New York
Stephenson, William T. (M) North Texas
Stetler, Roy H., Jr. (E) Baltimore
Stevens, Donald (M) Wisconsin
Stevens, Robert W. (M) Pacific Northwest
Steward, Jack, Jr. (M) Central Texas
Stewart, Mrs. Mary (M) Southern New England
Stockwell, Eugene L. (M) Northern New Jersey
Stolp, Richard L. (M) Central Illinois
Stone, Meredith C. (M) New Mexico
Stovall, Travis (M) New Mexico
Stratton, Leslie M., Ill (M) Memphis
Streyfeller, David E. (M) Iowa
Strong, Donald T. (M) West Michigan
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Strother, W. Bruce (M) Tennessee
Suarez, Reynaldo L. (M) Middle Philippines
Sublette, Roy T. (M) Alabama-West Florida
Sugden, Mrs. Virgil (M) Nebraska
Sukovaty, Norbert (E) Nebraska
Summer our, William F. (M) Pacific Northwest
Summers, Claude (M) Kansas West
Summers, James A. (M) Western North Carolma
Summers, James L. (M) South Carolma (1866)
Sioeet, Charles R. (M) Minnesota
Swinney, John R, (M) Missouri West
Talbott, Norbert L. (M) South Indiana
Tamkin, R. Naymon (M) Virginia
Tanner, Mrs. Guy (M) North Texas
Tanner, Ralph M. (M) North Alabama
Tarver, Russell E. (M) South Dakota
Taylor, George C. (M) California-Nevada
Taylor, Jack (M) East Ohio
Taylor, Jo (M) California-Nevada
Taylor, Robert L. (M) North Georgia
Teeter, Bonner E. (M) Oklahoma
Tennant, John W. (M) West Michigan
Thomas, Miss Aley (M) Madhya Pradesh
Thomas, Robert B. (M) Troy
Thompson, Bishop S. (M) Westeni Pennsylvania
Thompson, James N. (M) North Georgia
Thorne, Ralph (M) Kansas West
Thurston, Elwyn O. (M) Oklahoma
Timberlake, Richard H. (M) Holston
Tisdale, Mrs. Inez S. (M) Florida
Titus, D. P. (M) Lucknow
Togba, Joseph N. (M) Liberia
Tooley, Wendell (M) Northwest Texas
Torrance, Calvin TF. (M) Southern California- Arizona
Townsley, Mrs. E. B. (M) Delhi
Treese, Donald H. (M) Central Pennsylvania
Trenary, Mrs. Phyllis (E) West Ohio
Trost, Mrs. Alice (M) Troy
Trotter, Clifford E. (M) Northwest Texas
Troy, Mrs. Olin H. (M) Holston
Tubb, John (M) Louisiana
Tuck, Claude (M) North Georgia
Tucker, Frank C, Jr. (M) Missouri East
Tuttle, G. Richard (M) Pacific Northwest
Tuttle, Robert G. (M) Western North Carolina
Tyler, Charles A. (M) South Indiana
Tyree, E. C. (M) Kansas West
Uhlinger, James R. (M) Southern New England
Underbill, Mrs. Lee (M) Iowa
Underwood, Walter L. (M) North Texas
Uppinghouse, Mrs. Leonard (M) Oregon-Idaho
Vanderbilt, Chester W. (M) Troy
Vandy Rogers, Joseph B. (E) Sierra Leone
Variiell, Sam N. (M) Holston
Vaughn, Robert L. (M) Alabama-West Florida
Veale, William H. (M) New York
Vereen, Mrs. LaFon C. (M) North Carolina
Vosburg, Frederick C. (M) Detroit
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Wagner, Gei'ald D. (M) Central Pennsylvania
Wagner, Joseph H. (M) (deceased) Missouri East
Wake, Lloyd K. (M) California-Nevada
Walder, Gerald V. (E) Minnesota
Walker, Clarence (M) North Indiana
Walker, E. C. (M) Missouri West
Walker, H. T. (M) Minnesota
Walker, Marion R. (M) Southern California- Arizona
Walker, William O. (M) Oregon-Idaho
Wallace, Charles I., Sr. (M) Baltimore
Wallace, Miss Lillian (M) Lucknow
Waller, R. W. (E) Tennessee
Walton, Donald W. (M) East Ohio
Ward, Irma H. (M) Detroit
Ward, Robert P. (M) Detroit
Ward, Truman L. (M) Louisiana
Ware, H. Melton ( M ) Florida
Washington, Donald S. (M) Lucknow
Watkins, R. Beverly (M) Virginia
Watson, Harvey L. (M) North Carolina
Watt, George, Jr. (M) Northern New Jersey
Weaver, Dorothy S. (E) Eastern Pennsylvania
Weaver, Harold (M) Wisconsin
Weaver, R. Bruce (M) North Texas
Weber, Benjamin (M) Peninsula
Weber, Oskar (E) Southwest Germany
Wedar, Torsten E. V. (M) Sweden
Weeks, Monroe T. (M) Liberia
Wells, Charles E. (M) Oklahoma
West, C. Eugene (M) Florida
West, Cameron P. (M) North Carolina
White, Joseph A. (E) Central Illinois
White, L. L. (M) Southern California- Arizona
Whitehead, Claude W. (M) North Alabama
Whitenack, Weldon A. (M) Iowa
Whiting, Thomas A. (M) North Georgia
Whitmore, Austin R. (M) West Ohio
Whitten, Mrs. Dolphus, Jr. (M) Oklahoma
Whittle, Paul O. (M) Northern Illinois
Wiant, Howard J. (M) East Ohio
Wilcox, Mrs. Barbara B. (M) Florida
Wilcox, Wilbur F. (M) Iowa
Wiley, Carl L. (E) West Ohio
Wilke, Richard B. (M) Kansas West
Wilkins, Howell 0. (M) Peninsula
Williams, Mrs. Beryl (M) Baltimore
Williams, Charles R. (M) North Georgia
Williams, Mrs. Charles S. (M) Northern New York
Williams, Harley M. (M) Western North Carolina
Williams, Ira E., Jr. (M) New Mexico
Williams, J. C. (M) North Indiana
Williams, John R. (M) East Ohio
Williams, L. Stanley (M) Central Texas
Williams, Paul G. (M) Iowa
Williams, Raymond (M) North Texas
Willmeth, Robert T. (E) Kansas East
Willson, J. M., Jr. (M) Northwest Texas
Wilmoth, Rodney E. (M) Nebraska
Wilson, Earl R. (M) Mississippi
Winchester, Clarence M. (M) Western North Carolina
Winne, Don W. (M) California-Nevada
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Winter, Hauser (M) Missouri West
Winter, J. Britian (E) Baltimore
Wolf, Wilmert H. (E) New York
Womack, Mark (M) Holston
Wood, T. Clay (M) Virginia
Woodbury, Harvey (M) Maine
Woodfield, Harry (M) Wyoming
Woods, Prenza L. (M) Southwest Texas
Wooldridge, W. N. Charles (M) Great Britain
Woolsey, R. W. (M) Southwest Texas
Wooten, Mrs. H. L. (M) Texas
Workman, W. D., Jr. (M) South Carolina (1785)
Worthington, Mrs. Harley R. (M) Central Pennsylvania
Wright, Sargent J. (M) California-Nevada
Wusterbarth, Harold J. (M) Troy
Wyckoflf, Aloha (M) Pacific Northwest
Wykle, Eugene M. (E) Northern Illinois
Yeatts, Earnest (M) Holston
Yeilding, N. Manly, Jr. (M) North Alabama
Yeo, J. Wendell (M) Southern New England
Young, Carl E. (E) Baltimore
Young, Harry E. (M) Iowa
Young, Mrs. lola (M) North Dakota
Zagray, Allan H. (E) East Ohio
Zebarth, Herbert E. (E) Wisconsin
Zellmer, Willard (M) Pacific Northwest
Zentz, Franklin M. (M) Western New York
Zimmer, John A. (M) Southern California- Arizona
Zimmerman, Paul (E) Northern Illinois
Zimmerman, Richard P. (E) Central Pennsylvania
STANDING
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES
No. 1
CHRISTIAN SOCIAL CONCERNS
To this committee shall be referred all petitions, resolutions, etc.,
relating to social issues and all interests and activities of the Boards
of Christian Social Concerns.
Chairman — Edsel Amnions Northern Illinois
Vice-Chairman — Tom Reavley Southwest Texas
Secretary — Everett Jones Baltimore
Place of Meeting: Room 101, St. Mark United Methodist Church
(Italics denote ministerial delegates. (M) or (E) denotes former
church membership)
Adduro, Pablo M. (M) Northern Philippines
Ammons, Edsel A. (M) Northern Illinois
Anderson, Barry H. (M) North Alabama
Earnhardt, Mrs. Lurleen G. (M) Western North Carolina
Bosley, Harold A. (M) New York
Bristah, James W. (M) Detroit
Cain, Mrs. James S. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Collins, Claude R. (M) West Virginia
Cooke, George W. (M) Western New York
Cooke, Mrs. Monroe (M) East Ohio
Cooper, Kenneth (M) Alabama- West Florida
Cox, Miss Sarah (M) West Ohio
Cuff, G. Wayne (M) Peninsula
Current, Gloster C. (M) New York
Davis, George (E) North Indiana
Davis, Hooker D. (M) Southern New Jersey
Doggett, Herbert L. D. (M) Baltimore
Doggett, John N., Jr. (M) Missouri East
Dolliver, James (M) Pacific Northwest
Dunlap, G. Alan (M) Nebraska
Easley, John (E) South Indiana
Eckstein, D. D. Herbert (E) West Berlin
Egan, Jim A. (M) Oklahoma
Ellis, Edwin L. (M) Eastern Pennsylvania
Ellis, Matt L. (M) North Arkansas
Eutsler, R. Kern (M) Virginia
Evatt, Parker (M) South Carolina (1785)
Farley, Thomas K. (M) Southern California-Arizona
Fereira Dias, Nobre Pereira (M) Angola
Fischer, Dr. Heinz P. (M) South Germany
Hagiya, Paul H. (M) Rocky Mountain
Hampton, Mrs. Mary (M) Missouri West
Hanna, Mrs. Ellen (M) Central Illinois
Harkness, Georgia (M) Southern California-Arizona
Harriger, Harold 0. (M) Northwest Texas
Henderson, William R. (M) Western North Carolina
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Henry, Willia^n R. (M) Oklahoma
Hodapp, Leroy C. (M) South Indiana
Holland, Betty Lou (M) Northern New Jersey
Hunt, Kenneth W. (M) West Ohio
Iwig, James H. (E) Kansas West
Jones, Everett (M) Baltimore
Karls, Harold M. (M) Detroit
Kemper, John Q. (M) Kentucky
Kerber, Phil (M) Iowa
Knox, James L. (M) Florida
Lewis, W. Robert (M) North Alabama
Mahon, Eldon B. (M) Central Texas
Mann, Robert (M) Central New York
Matheny, Thomas H. (M) Louisiana
McRae, Frank L. (M) Memphis
Melius, Arthur R. (M) Troy
Mercer, Charles H. (M) North Carolina
Michelmann, Heinrich (M) Southwest Germany
Moon, Robert W. (M) California-Nevada
Moore, Lester L. (M) Iowa
Mullick, Pravash R. (M) Bengal
Outler, Albert C. (M) North Texas
Peter, Victor (M) Madhya Pradesh
Pittenger, Richard (M) South Dakota
Prince, Frank H. (M) North Georgia
Reavley, Tom (M) Southwest Texas
Revels, Percy B. (M) Florida
Roberts, Mrs. William T. (M) Tennessee
Robinson, Albert (M) East Ohio
Schneeberger, Vilem (M) Czechoslovakia
Schneidereit, Harry (M) . Annual Conf. Of German Democratic Rep.
Schreiber, Lyle J. (E) Minnesota
Schwiebert, Erwin H. (M) Oregon-Idaho
Seals, Woodrow ( M ) Texas
Singer, Edgar F. (M) Wyoming
Soderberg, John C. (M) Yellowstone
Springmayi, Thomas R. (E) Central Pennsylvania
Stanley, David L. (M) Southern Illinois
Stanley, Miles (E) West Virginia
Stumbo, John E. (M) Kansas East
Tate, Godfrey L. (M) Virginia
Tholin, Richard D. (E) Northern Illinois
Tombaugh, Reid (M) Central Illinois
Truitt, Richard O. (M) Wisconsin
Vandegriff, Paul M. (M) West Ohio
White, E. McKinnon (M) Southern New England
Wilcox, Katherine W. (M) West Michigan
Wilcox, Robert L. (M) Holston
Wilson, Frank S. (M) Holston
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Wolf, John D. (M) North Indiana
Woomer, James A. (E) Western Pennslyvania
Yarbrough, George M. (M) North Mississippi
Yeargan, Mrs. Victor (M) North Georgia
Zorn, George L. (M) South Georgia
No. 2
CONFERENCES
To this committee shall be referred all petitions, resolutions, etc.,
relating to the interests ayid activities of the General, Jurisdictional,
Annual, Provisional Aiinual, District and Missionary Conferences
and to the structure of Program Councils. All petitions, resolutions,
etc., relating to Central Conferences shall be referred to the Commis-
sion on the Structure of Methodism Overseas.
Chairman — Leonard D. Slutz West Ohio
Vice-Chairman — Jerry G. Bray Virjginia
Secretary — Edward G. Carroll Baltimore
Place of Meeting: Room 306, St. Mark United Methodist Church
(Italics denote ministerial delegates. (M) or (E) denotes former
church membership)
Ammerman, Carl R. (M) Detroit
Aviha, Mike (M) Rio Grande
Beatty, William M. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Blackburn, Robert M. (M) Florida
Blake, Bruce P. (M) Kansas West
Bonds, Alfred B. (M) East Ohio
Bray, Jerry G. (M) Virginia
Bruce, S. Duane (M) Northwest Texas
Bryant, Thomas (M) South Indiana
Cain, Richard I^. (M) Southern California- Arizona
Caldwell, Gilbert H., Jr. (M) Southern New England
Carroll, Edward G. (M) Baltimore
Coffman, Floyd H. (M) Kansas East
Cotton, William Davis (M) Louisiana
Curtis, Myers B. (M) North Arkansas
Danforth, Merrill A. (M) Maine
DeWitt, Jesse R. (M) Detroit
Dodson, Thurman L. (M) Baltimore
Dunn, Merle A. (E) Minnesota
Fant, Glenn (M) North Mississippi
Ferris, Mrs, E. L. (M) Nebraska
Finkbeiner, Melvin M. (M) Pacific Northwest
Firestone, Lyman (M) Missouri West
Fisher, Albert F. (M) North Carolina
Forbes, J. Kenneth (M) South Indiana
Goens, Ray W. (M) Texas
Goodwin, Burnie C, Jr. (M) New Mexico
Grogan, Roy J. (M) Central Texas
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Hall, Carl C. (M) Little Rock
Holbrook, Donald E. (M) West Michigan
Homer, Robert L. (M) Central New York
Hood, Robin P. (M) Western North Carolina
Hostetter, Mark J. (E) Eastern Pennsylvania
Hottle, Darrell (M) West Ohio
Hulit, Kenneth W. (E) East Ohio
James, William M. (M) New York
Jarvis, Charles S. (M) Northern Hlinois
Jenkins, H. James (M) Oregon-Idaho
Jones, Gerald H. (M) North Indiana
Kimbrough, R. Edwin (M) North Alabama
Laraba, Forest W. (M) New Hampshire
Lee, Ernest W. (M) Southern New Jersey
Lightner, A. LeRoy (M) Eastern Pennsylvania
Lindgren, Alvin J. (M) Wisconsin
Lowe, Donald L. (M) Southern Illinois
Mann, Mrs. Harold L. (M) North Carolina
Merrow, Arthur S. (M) Western New York
Miles, Denver L. (E) West Virginia
Moeller, Romane G. (E) Rocky Mountain
Moore, Eugene J. (E) Central Illinois
Murray, Jerry D. (M) Western North Carolina
Nestler, Frank H. (M) Central Illinois
Oshorn, John F. (E) West Ohio
Pitcher, Philip N. (M) Wyoming
Preusch, Robert W. (M) New York
Randolph, Allan H. L. (M) Louisville
Redstone, Ray L. (M) Florida
Riddick, Roland P. (M) Virginia
Satterfield, John C. (M) Mississippi
Shamblin, J. Kenneth (M) Texas
Shearer, Daniel L. (E) Central Pennsylvania
Shearer, Paul V. ( M ) Iowa
Shoemaker, Wayne E. (M) Iowa
Sites, Mrs. Robert L. (E) North Indiana
Slutz, Leonard D. (M) West Ohio
Smith, Eugene L. ( M ) Northern New Jersey
Smith, Holiday (M) Holston
Sprouls, J. Clifton (M) Oklahoma
Sweazy, Albert W. (M) Kentucky
Thurman, Arthur V. (M) California-Nevada
Vickers, John E. (M) Alabama- West Florida
Walker, James M. (M) Southwest Texas
Warman, John B. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Watson, Martha B. (M) North Texas
Webb, Paul, Jr. (M) North Georgia
Whitaker, George W. (M) South Carolina (1785)
Williams, George F. (M) Southern California-Arizona
Wright, George A. (M) South Georgia
Yancey, Charles L. (M) Memphis
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No. 3
EDUCATION
To this committee shall he referred all petitions, resolutions, etc.,
relating to the interests and activities of the Boards of Education
and Commission on Archives and History.
Chairman — John T. King Southwest Texas
Vice-Chairman — J. R. Nelson East Ohio
Secretary — Benjamin R. Oliphint Louisiana
Place of Meeting: Room 204, St. Mark United Methodist Church
(Italics denote ministerial delegates. (M) or (E) denotes former
church membership)
Ake, Mrs. Frank W. (M) Central Pennsylvania
Allison, John R. ( M) Tennessee
Armstrong, Mrs. Robert (M) Iowa
Bailey, Wesley (M) Western North Carolina
Bell, Raymond M. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Boda, Harold L. (E) West Ohio
Borger, Clarence J. (M) Kansas West
Bozeman, W. Scott (M) Florida
Brown, William E. (M) New York
Bums, Alden B. (M) West Michigan
Calkins, Raoul C. (M) West Ohio
Carter, Earl B. (M) North Arkansas
Clem, Paul L. (M) North Alabama
Cuaresma, Consuelo O. (M) Southern California-Arizona
Dailey, Charles M. (M) East Ohio
Dennis, Gordon (M) Central Texas
Dille, Robert E. (E) West Virginia
Dodge, Carlton S. (E) Eastern Pennsylvania
Eaton, Harry B. (M) Virginia
Eldridge, Edgar A. (M) Holston
Fechtig, Norman (E) Southern Illinois
Fisher, James A., Sr. (M) Memphis
Garrett, C. Dendy (M) Iowa
Gates, Merrill (E) Northern Illinois
Geible, Merrell D. (E) North Indiana
Gridley, Dorothy R. (M) Minnesota
Gurtner, Miss Charlotte (M) Central Illinois
Hager, Cornelius R. (M) Kentucky
Hamilton, Richard E. ( M ) South Indiana
Hardcastle, James C. (M) Peninsula
Hayes, Clare J. (M) Kansas East
Hoffman, Mrs. Richard (M) West Virginia
Holmes, Zan W., Jr. (M) North Texas
Hopkins, Martin W. (M) Central Pennsylvania
Humphrey, John D., Sr. (M) North Mississippi
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James, William E. (M) Louisville
Johnson, Joseph T. (M) Northern Illinois
Johnson, Richard O. (M) . California-Nevada
Johnston, Kenneth C. (M) Missouri West
Kim, Thomas K. (M) Northwest Texas
King, John T. (M) Southwest Texas
Kleszczynski, Adam (M) Poland
Kruse, Lowen V. (M) Nebraska
Lanning, Dean A. (M) Northern New Jersey
Lee, Vernon (M) Northern New York
Lesher, Mrs. Rosalind M. (E) Western New York
Little, Mrs. Alvirita (M) Pacific Northwest
Mack, James (M) South Carolina (1866)
Matheny, Robert M. (M) Mississippi
McAdams, Charles K. (M) North Carolina
McDavid, Joel D. (M) Alabama-West Florida
Miller, Isaac H. (M) Western North Carolina
Moore, Richard V. (M) Florida
Muelder, Walter G. (M) Southern New England
Muteteke, Paul (M) Southern Congo
Myers, T. Cecil (M) North Georgia
Nelson, J. R. (M) ...:... East Ohio
Ngoi, Maurice (M) North Katanga
Odom, Warren G. (M) Central New York
Oliphint, Benjamin R. (M) Louisiana
Peters, Lloyd A. (M) Oklahoma
Potthoff, Harvey H. (M) Rocky Mountain
Preston, Alice (M) Southwest
Price, Robert R. (M) Oklahoma
Ragland, James (M) Detroit
Randolph, Willie B. (M) Texas
Roberts, Harold (M) Great Britain
Robertson, Frank L. (M) South Georgia
Robey, William T., Jr. (M) . Virginia
Sease, Gene E. (E) Western Pennsylvania
Spears, R. Wright (M) South Carolina (1785)
Stanger, Frank B. ( M ) Southern New Jersey
Strosahl, M. Stanford (M) Wisconsin
Stuckey, Paul E. (E) West Ohio
Thornburg, Robert W. (M) Central Illinois
Westphal, Wilhelm F. (E) Northwest Germany
Wheatley, Melvin E., Jr. (M) Southern California-Arizona
White, Luther W., Ill (M) Virginia
Will, Mary K. (M) Baltimore
Wilson, Charles E., Jr. (M) North Georgia
Yingling, L. Carroll (M) Baltimore
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No. 4
LAY ACTIVITIES AND CHURCH
FINANCE
To this committee shall he referred all petitions, resolutions, etc.,
relating to the interests to lay activities and the Boards of the
Laity; and relating to trustees, properties, church finance {general
and local).
Chairman — Thomas P. Moore East Ohio
Vice-Chairman — John H. Rixse, Jr. Virginia
Secretary — Thomas Rupert Kansas West
Place of Meeting: Room 305, St. Mark United Methodist Church
(Italics denote ministerial delegates. (M) or (E) denotes former
church membership)
Adams, Quenton D. (M) Central Alabama
Amark, Curt (M) Sweden
Babcock, John (M) West Michigan
Bailey, Joe N., Jr. (M) North Mississippi
Baker, Leo L. (M) North Texas
Barnes, Ambrose (M) Agra
Bengers, Vincent (M) Bombay
Bertholf, Lloyd M. (M) Central Illinois
Bibay, Francisco A., Jr. (M) Mindanao
Bittner, Dwight M. (E) Western Pennsylvania
Black, Clair W. (Mr.) (M) Northern New Jersey
Bumpers, E. Clay (M) North Arkansas
Cabrera, Ismael (M) Puerto Rico
Calbert, Wayne F. (M) Mississippi (FCJ)
Cochran, James D. (M) Detroit
Crain, Dight W. (M) Southern New England
Dekle, Joe B. (M) North Georgia
DeLong, Dale F. (E) West Ohio
Dennis, Charles C, Sr. (M) Liberia
Devadanam, H. M. (M) South India
DeVaux, Mrs. Thomas (E) Western Pennsylvania
Doenges, William C. (M) Oklahoma
Doering, Martin (M) West Berlin
Edgar, Charles E. (M) Central Pennsylvania
Espie, John C. (M) Minnesota
Fabian, Pedro F. (M) Northern Philippines
Fagan, Harold (M) Texas
Garrick, Grier L. (M) North Carolina
Gausdal, Hans (M) Norway
Glasgow, Francis M. (M) East Ohio
Gordon, Harry M, (M) Wyoming
Gsell, Theophil H. (M) Switzerland (M)
Gundlach, Mrs. Elizabeth B. (M) Western New York
Hancock, Maurice M. (M) Peninsula
Hand, Don J. (M) Southwest Texas
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Hawkins, Donald (M) West Ohio
Hawkins, J. Clinton (M) Missouri East
Heisel, Eldred B. (E) West Ohio
Heyde, Forest R. (E) North Indiana
Hildebrancl, Will M. (M) Southern California-Arizona
Hitchock, William C. (M) Detroit
Hook, Ralph C, Jr. (M) Southern California- Arizona
Hyatt, Carl B. (M) Western North Carolina
Jenkins, Tom (M) Louisville
Johansen, Frede (M) Denmark
Jones, John B. (M) Baltimore
Jordan, Roy M. (M) Alabama-West Florida
Kellam, Harold B. (M) Virginia
Kellaway, John W. (M) Great Britain
Kent, Harry R. (M) South Carolina (1785)
Lagawo, Richard E. S. (E) Sierre Leone
Ledbetter, M. C. (M) Northwest Texas
Lennartson, Walter (M) Northern Illinois
Litton, Ray (M) Kentucky
Long, Maurice K. (M) Iowa
Marandi, Emmanuel (M) Bengal
Marima, William (M) Rhodesia
Montgomery, Edward (M) North Alabama
Moore, Thomas P. (E) East Ohio
Moorhead, Edwin E. (M) Mississippi
Morrison, Mrs. Mary (M) Western North Carolina
Naylor, E. R. (M) Rocky Mountain
Netterville, G. Leon (M) Louisiana
Obaugh, William R. (E) Florida
Patrick, James T. (M) North Carolina
Pevahouse, Joseph N. (M) Memphis
Plummer, Kenneth H. (M) Central Pennsylvania
Poppe, Odin W. (E) Nebraska
Praetorius, Herman R. (E) Pacific Northwest
Presley, I. P. (M) Upper Mississippi
Raoji, Ashok K. (M) Madhya Pradesh
Rixse, John H., Jr. (M) Virginia
Roberts, Sam (M) West Virginia
Rose, Harold E. (M) Oregon-Idaho
Rupert, Thomas (M) Kansas West
Samson, Restitute F. (M) Northwest Philippines
Schoenlein, Dr. Charles F. (M) Northern New York
Shroyer, Lawton W. (E) Eastern Pennsylvania
Soderholm, Mrs. Patricia A. (M) Wisconsin
Speer, Aubrey B. (M) Missouri West
Stanton, Charles F. (E) South Indiana
Staubach, William T., Jr. (M) New York
Steele, Sam (M) New Mexico
Steffner, John E., Sr. (M) Holston
Stone, S. Lloyd ( M ) Tennessee
Strickland, Don L. (M) Texas
Sundin, Robert (E) North Dakota
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Thomas, John J. (M) South Indiana
Thompson, Everett K. (M) Southern Illinois
Thornton, B. I. (M) South Georgia
Underwood, Harry K. (M) Baltimore
Vihendra Kumar, Maddala R. (M) Hyderabad
Walker, J. Everett (M) California-Nevada
Walker, Leon E. (M) Southern New Jersey
Walker, Morris D. (M) Central Texas
Waterfield, Donald A. (M) Troy
Watson, Mrs. Olive E. (M) Florida
Werder, Louise (M) North Katanga
Wilson, T. R. (M) Georgia
Wunderlich, Maria (M) Southwest Germany
No. 5
MEMBERSHIP AND EVANGELISM
To this committee shall be referred all petitions, resolutions, etc.,
relating to church metnhership, including conditions, duties, and trans-
fer thereof; relating to the interest and activities of the Boards of
Evangelism.
Chairman — Emerson S. Colaw West Ohio
Vice-Chairman — Robert G. Mayfield Kentucky
Secretary — Marvin A. Schilling Wisconsin
Place of Meeting: Room 206, St. Mark United Methodist Church
(Italics denote ministerial delegates. (M) or (E) denotes former
church membership)
Allison, William F. (M) Missouri East
Anderson, Walter F. (M) North Carolina
Bailey, E. A. (M) North Mississippi
Barton, Charles A. (M) New York
Bashore, George W. (E) Eastern Pennsylvania
Bastain, Miss Mary Lee (M) South Indiana
Batt, Samuel (E) Northern Illinois
Blanchard, Hubert M. (M) Louisiana
Bond, R. H. (M) Memphis
Brawn, Melvin (E) California-Nevada
Colaw, Emerson S. (M) West Ohio
Courtney, Robert H. (M) East Ohio
Culp, Jesse A. (M) North Alabama
Curtis, Mrs. Albert (M) Central New York
Davis, Carlos W. (M) Texas
Detty, Darrell (E) West Ohio
Duck, David A. (M) South Georgia
Duncan, Edward L. (M) Detroit
Enke, Karl-Heinz (E) . . Annual Conf. of German Democratic Rep.
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Faust, Carl W. (E) Iowa
Featherston, R. Jack (M) Oklahoma
Fisher, J. Herschel (M) North Texas
Fogleman, C. M., Jr. (M) Kansas West
Fulbright, Homer H. (M) North Arkansas
Fulk, Floyd L. (E) Virginia
Gray, C. Jarrett, Sr. (M) Missouri West
Guiang, Condrado G. (M) Mindanao
Gustafson, Laverne H. (E) Southern California-Arizona
Hagood, Delma L. (M) North Georgia
Harkness, Leonard L. (M) Minnesota
Harris, Justin N. ( M ) Bombay
Howe, Clarice (Mrs.) (M) Northern New Jersey
Howell, Maggart B. (M) Central Texas
Jerome, J. E. (M) South Carolina (1785)
Jones, Phil M. (M) South Carolina (1785)
Jordan, Bert (M) Mississippi
Keller, Alfred L. (E) North Indiana
Knecht, David F. (M) North Dakota
Knupp, Robert E. (M) Central Pennsylvania
Larson, Gunnar E. (M) Sweden
Lindqiiist, Harold F. (E) Western Pennsylvania
Madsen, Arnold (M) Norway
Mayfield, Robert G. (M) Kentucky
McCartt, James S. (M) Holston
McDonell, C. Durward (M) Florida
Meadows, William A. (M) Florida
Metcalf, Kenneth E. (M) Iowa
Modisher, Donald E. (M) Western New York
Mossinger, Manfred ( E ) Southwest Germany
Myers, David L. (M) Southern California-Arizona
Ogden, Mrs. Selma (M) Troy
Page, S. Covey (M) Oklahoma
Peters, Dr. C. Kenneth (M) Louisville
Peterson, Arden M. (E) .West Michigan
Pitcher, Dale E. (M) Central Illinois
Poor, George L. (M) Pacific Northwest
Potter, Truman W. (M) West Virginia
Prigmore, L. T. (M) Holston
Reitz, T. Russell (M) Kansas East
Richer, George M. (M) Southwest Texas
Riley, Sumpter M., Jr. (M) West Ohio
Rohrbaugh, Laverne E. (E) Baltimore
Schilling, Marvin A. (M) Wisconsin
Sexton, Mrs. Joe (M) Tennessee
Shepherd, Paul (M) Louisville
Sims, R. Paul (M) Southern Illinois
Smith, Alex J. (E) Sierre Leone
Stewart, Martin B. (M) New Mexico
Sticker, Hermann (E) South Germany
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Tignor, Thomas P. (M) Virginia
Tohler, Theophil J. (M) Switzerland (M)
Urbom, Warren K. (M) Nebraska
Wagner, Blake D. (E) East Ohio
Weinberg, Stanley C, Jr. (M) Southern New England
Weldon, Wilson O. (M) Western North Carolina
Wilson, Robert L. (M) Alabama- West Florida
No. 6
CLERGY
To this committee shall be referred all petitions, resolutions, etc.,
relating to the clergy of the Church in all its forms, grades, and
orders, and relating to all interests and activities of the Boards of
Ministry.
Chairman — James M. Ault Northern New Jersey
Vice-Chairman — Ernest T. Dixon Southwest Texas
Secretary — Mrs. Lamar Clark Texas
Place of Meeting: Room 303, St. Mark United Methodist Church
(Italics denote ministerial delegates. (M) or (E) denotes former
church membership)
Adkins, Leon M., Jr. (M) Troy
Aguilar, Clifford B. (M) Southern California-Arizona
Akers, George R. (M) Wyoming
Albertson, C. Gene (M) Oregon-Idaho
Ault, James M. (M) Northern New Jersey
Bailey, William P., Jr. (M) Memphis
Baker, Eric W. (M) Great Britain
Bender, Gordon R. (E) Wisconsin
Bergland, John K. (E) West Ohio
Bjork, Virgil V. (M) North Indiana
Boyd, Marvin L. (M) Northwest Texas
Bridges, Ramsey (M) West Virginia
Buttimer, Thomas A. (M) Eastern Pennsylvania
Caswell, Bervin 0. (M) New Mexico
Clark, Mrs. Lamar (M) Texas
Clay, Willie B. (M) Northern Illinois
Coffin, Wayne W. (M) Oklahoma
Colpitts, A. Hunter (E) North Indiana
Cooper, Joel A. (M) North Arkansas
Corry, John G. (M) Tennessee
Crutchfield, Finis A. (M) Oklahoma
Cushman, Robert E. (M) North Carolina
Bass, Christopher S. (M) Lucknow
Dickhaut, Walter R., Sr. (M) West Ohio
Dixon, Ernest T. (M) Southwest Texas
Douglass, Carl H., Jr. (M) Virginia
Ellis, S. Blake (M) Maine
Epps, Anderson C. (M) Georgia
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Fetterman, Brian A. (M) Central Pennsylvania
Flinchhaugh, James E. (E) West Ohio
Fridy, Wallace (M) South Carolina (1785)
Gotz, Herbert (M) Annual Conf. of German Democratic Rep.
Graham, John H. (M) Upper Mississippi
Green, Horace H. (M) Kentucky
Greemvaldt, Willimn M. (M) Central Texas
Handy, W. T., Jr. (M) Louisiana
Hardt, John W. (M) Texas
Harrington, Richard W. (M) Western New York
Hay ward, C. Douglas (M) California-Nevada
Hildreth, Charles H. (M) Alabama-West Florida
Hollis, Robert R. (M) Southern Illinois
Holter, Don W. (M) Kansas East
Howes, John B. (M) Central Pennsylvania
Huston, Ralph B. (M) Florida
Kelley, Robert W. (M) East Ohio
Lamb, Raymond R. (M) Detroit
Leggett, John W., Jr. (M) Mississippi
Loyd, Harold W. (M) Central Illinois
Martin, George W. (M) Little Rock
Massey, Daniel B. (M) Moradabad
Mattheiv, Glenn E. (M) Kansas West
McCoy, Paul E. (M) Peninsula
McCune, Robert J. (M) Central New York
Meuschke, Paul J. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Moorhead, Frank (M) North Georgia
Neese, William J. (M) North Carolina
Newynan, M. Douglas (M) Virginia
Nichols, Frank A. (M) Iowa
Nicholson, R. Herman (M) Western North Carolina
Northfelt, Merlyn W. (M) Northern Illinois
Persons, William R. (M) Rocky Mountain
Purdham, Charles B. (M) Minnesota
Richards, Cecil T. (M) North India
Roberts, Samuel T. (M) Liberia
Rutter, Kenneth P. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Sackmann, Dieter A. (M) South Germany
Spafford, Freda ( E ) Detroit
Stevenson, Thomas F. (M) North Alabama
Stokes, Mack B. (M) Holston
Stroh, Byron F. (M) South Indiana
Thornburg, Richard A. (M) New York
Tolbert, Robert J. (M) . East Ohio
Trice, William E. ( M) North Texas
Trotter, F. Thomas (M) Southern California-Arizona
Tuell, Jack M. (M) Pacific Northwest
Unger, E. Paul (M) Central Illinois
Van Brunt, F. Norman (M) Baltimore
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Van Ornum, Carlton G. (M) Northern New York
Vinluan, Victor C. (M) Northwest Philippines
Waite, Alvis A., Jr. (M) South Georgia
Wallace, William L., Jr. (M) North Mississippi
Walley, F. Lewis (M) Eastern Pennsylvania
Ward, A. Sterling (M) Missouri West
Ward, John W., Jr. (M) Missouri East
Weems, Mrs. H. V. (M) Florida
Wichelt, John F. (E) Nebraska
Wilken, Alferd E. ( E) Iowa
Wood, George S. (M) Louisville
Wright, James W. (M) West Michigan
Young, Robert T. (M) Western North Carolina
Ziegler, Wilbur C. (M) Southern New England
No. 7
MISSIONS
To this committee shall be referred all petitions, resolutions, etc.,
relating to the interests and activities of the Boards of Missions.
Chairman — Mrs. Jane Arterburn Louisville
Vice-Chair yuan — R. Jervis Cooke Peninsula
Secretary— Alva Clark Nebraska
Place of Meeting: Room 205, St. Mark United Methodist Church
(Italics denote ministerial delegates. (M) or (E) denotes former
church membership)
Anderson, Mrs. Virgil (M) Rocky Mountain
Arterburn, Mrs. Jane (M) Louisville
Barto, Reta S. (M) Eastern Pennsylvania
Barton, Roy D. (M) Rio Grande
Bautista, Ignacio P. (M) Philippines
Biddle, Glenn H. (E) West Ohio
Born, Mrs. Harry E. (M) Virginia
Boswell, Hamilton T. (M) California-Nevada
Bott, LeRoy A. (E) Kansas West
Brogdon, Mrs. Elizabeth S. (M) Southern New Jersey
Brooks, David W. (M) North Georgia
Bryan, Monk (M) Missouri East
Burrous, Mrs. Anita (M) North Indiana
Butler, Randle (M) New Mexico
Carr, Marvin H. (M) West Virginia
Charan, Miss Sophie (M) Lucknow
Chen, Peter F. (M) Southern California- Arizona
Christianson, Lyle T. (M) Minnesota
Clark, Alva H. (M) Nebraska
Cooke, R. Jervis (M) Peninsula
Cummings, Mrs. C. C. (M) Northern Illinois
Cummins, Marlene (M) Southern Illinois
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Davenport, Mrs. E. T. (M) Little Rock
Dodder, Robert T. (M) Iowa
Eby, Mrs. Norma (M) Pacific Northwest
Egger, Kirk (M) North Mississippi
Evierson, Joe G. (M) South Indiana
Ford, Floyd (M) Tennessee
Gailey, Mrs. Beulah (M) Missouri West
Gantz, Richard (M) Central Illinois
Gibson, J. Nelson (M) North Carolina
Gray, Mrs. Ethel M. (M) Florida
Hedherg, Al A. (M) Florida
Helms, Mrs. Roy (M) North Indiana
Hines, Mrs. Thelma (E) Kansas East
Hood, Esther (M) Yellowstone
Hopkins, Mrs. Thomas J. (M) Central Pennsylvania
Howe, Robert C. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Hughes, Harold H. (M) Virginia
Hutchinson, Charles L. (M) Central Alabama
Jones, Bevel (M) North Georgia
Lamb, Mrs. Wayne A. (M) Memphis
Lang, Francis (M) East Ohio
Lashford, Mrs. Edgar J. (M) Wyoming
Linhoss, John C. (E) Virginia
Lovern, J. Chess (M) Oklahoma
Lundy, John T. (M) Holston
Matthews, Mrs. Cecil R. (M) Northwest Texas
Mayer, Paul 0. (M) East Ohio
Mays, Avery (M) North Texas
McCleskey, Wayne H. (M) Texas
McCullough, Mrs. Ralph (M) Missouri East
McDavid, Harry E. (M) Alabama-West Florida
McDonald, Charles P. (M) North Arkansas
McGowan, Mrs. Charles B. (M) Louisiana
Meinhardt, Lydia (E) West Berlin
Metzel, Mrs. George V. (M) Oklahoma
Millet, Edmund A. W. (M) Western New York
Montgomery, Allen D. (M) North Alabama
Morton, Mrs. C. (M) Texas
Naff, George E. (M) Holston
Newman, Mrs. Rosalyn (M) West Michigan
Norris, Irene (M) Detroit
Ortman, Ervin (M) South Dakota
Otwell, William (M) Southern California-Arizona
Owens, J. Garfield (M) Southwest Texas
Parker, Mrs. W. Roy (M) . South Carolina (1785)
Patton, Luther A. (M) Troy
Peter, M. Elia (M) Hyderabad
Purnell, Eric C. (M) Central Texas
Redding, Mrs. Viola (M) Western North Carolina
Rivers, Mrs. J. R. (M) South Georgia
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Roberts, Leigh (M) . Wisconsin
Rogers, Mrs. Floyd (E) West Virginia
Sears, Mrs. Edward E. (M) Iowa
Skeete, F. Herbert (M) New York
Smith, Harold F. (M) Southern New England
Smith, Mrs. Marshall (M) Mississippi
Stephens, Ralph L. (M) Northern New Jersey
Stith, Forrest C. (M) Baltimore
Totten, Mrs. Howard (M) Central New York
Tullis, Edward L. (M) Kentucky
Watson, Michael (M) South Carolina (1785)
Watson, Mrs. Elizabeth (M) Oregon-Idaho
Weston, Charles H. (M) West Ohio
Wicklein, Mrs. Helen (M) Baltimore
Wieting, Mrs. Wesley S. (M) Northern Illinois
Wilcoxon, Francis (E) South Indiana
Winton, Jeanette (M) New York
Yocom, Donald R. (M) West Ohio
Young, H. Claude (M) Western North Carolina
No. 8
PENSIONS
To this committee shall be referred all petitions, resolutions, etc.,
relating to the support of retired and supernumerary ministers, and
of widows and dependent children of deceased ministers, not including
bishops and all matters relating to pensions of lay employees of
Church organizations, boards, agencies, or institutions and all interest
and activities of the Boards of Pensions.
Chairman — Paul D. Martin, Jr. Virginia
Vice-Chairman — Frank L. Williams Baltimore
Secretary — Allen M. Mayes Texas
Place of Meeting: Chapel, St. Mark United Methodist Church
(Italics denote ministerial delegates. (M) or (E) denotes former
church membership)
Baskerville, M. Trevor (M) Iowa
Blessing, Roy E. (E) West Virginia
Brown, Rainsford A. (M) Iowa
Carlson, Verner A. (E) North Indiana
Carraway, James L. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Chiles, Paul D. (M) West Ohio
Clymer, Merritt (E) East Ohio
Cooke, Jack (M) Louisiana
Crawford, Gene P. (E) South Indiana
Creel, John (M) Alabama- West Florida
Darling, Howard H. (M) New York
Dement, Frank E., Jr. (M) Mississippi
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Early, Joyce V. (M) North Carolina
Eberly, Edwin P. (E) East Ohio
Eckel, Sherman B. (E) Western New York
Edgar, Thomas A. (M) North Alabama
Fisher, Harry J. (E) Western Pennsylvania
Gentry, Edd W. (M) Florida
Good, Mary (M) Detroit
Hann, Edwin P., Jr. (M) Southern New Jersey
Hess, Wayne C. (E) Central Illinois
Hickerson, Walter J. (M) Kansas West
High, Henry R. (M) West Virginia
Humphrey, L. A., Jr. (M) Texas
Hyatt, Lochlan L. (M) South Carolina (1785)
Johnson, Harry L., II (M) Southern New England
Lightner, George S. (M) Virginia
Loyd, H. Brown (M) Central Texas
McKay, James (M) North Georgia
Madison, J. Clay (M) Western North Carolina
Majors, R. Powell (M) Western North Carolina
Mann, Charles L. (M) Baltimore
Martin, Gordon (M) Southern California- Arizona
Martin, Paul D., Jr. (M) Virginia
Mayes, Allen M. (M) Texas
Mayo, George W. (M) South Georgia
Melgren, Wesley A. (E) Minnesota
Momberg, Paul B. (M) West Ohio
Moore, Manly M. (M) Oklahoma
Quickel, Harold H. (E) Eastern Pennsylvania
Ritter, Ralph M. (E) Central Pennsylvania
Robbins, Carl M. (M) Memphis
Rabbins, Wilmer B. (M) Holston
Rooks, John J. (M) Florida
Ruff, William H. (M) North Georgia
Taylor, Lawrence R. (E) West Michigan
Walton, Herbert (M) Northern Illinois
Webber, Frank (M) California-Nevada
Williams, Frank L. (M) Baltimore
Wilson, Winslow (M) Wisconsin
Wright, M. Max (E) Kansas East
No. 9
COMMUNICATIONS AND
PUBLICATIONS
To this committee shall be referred all petitions, resolutions, etc.,
relating to all the Publications of The United Methodist Church and
to the interests and activities of the Boards of Publications, the
Commission on Public Relations and United Methodist Information
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and the Divisions of Interpretation and Television, Radio and Film
Communication of the Program Council.
Chairman — Charles A. Sayre Southern New Jersey
Vice-Chairman — John B. Russell Virginia
Secretary — Mabel E. Collins New York
Place of Meeting: Room 202, St. Mark United Methodist Church
(Italics denote ministerial delegates. (M) or (E) denotes former
church membership)
Adams, Lloyd S., Jr. (M) Memphis
Bane, Mrs. W. V. (M) Central Texas
Barnes, H. K. (M) North Alabama
Bethea, Joseph B. (M) "Western North Carolina
Brabham, A. McKay (M) South Carolina (1785)
Burrous, Kermit (M) North Indiana
Cagna, Mrs. Betty (M) Missouri West
Chaffee, Paul (M) Western Pennsylvania
Chittum, John (M) East Ohio
Codding, Charles, Jr. (M) Oklahoma
Collins, Mabel E. (M) New York
Droke, Clifford S. (M) California-Nevada
Engel, Damon L. (M) West Virginia
Fanning, O. B. (M) Florida
Fowler, H. Thornton (M) Tennessee
Franklin, Benson N. (M) North Alabama
Frey, John H. (M) Nebraska
Gilmore, Paul G. (E) Central Pennsylvania
Goodrich, Robert E., Jr. (M) North Texas
Green, Mrs. Robert E. (M) South Indiana
Gwyer, Herbert L. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Hamilton, Ronald R. (M) Rocky Mountain
Hanks, Stanley G. (M) Minnesota
Hann, Paul M. (M) Iowa
Henderson, Zach S. (M) South Georgia
Hozendorf, C. Ray (M) Little Rock
Jenkins, Warren M. (M) South Carolina (1866)
Jetter, Richard (E) South Germany
Jones, George E. (M) Mississippi
Kellow, M. Keith (M) Texas
Kreager, Max W. (M) Iowa
Lester, W. D. (M) Southwest
Lusby, L. D. (E) Holston
Matthaei, Marjorie (M) Kansas West
McKenzie, Leon T. (M) Southern California-Arizona
Messmer, William K. (E) West Ohio
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Montgomery, John C, Jr. (M) Missouri East
Muller, Walter W. (E) Central Illinois
Nichols, Henry H. (M) Eastern Pennsylvania
Peters, James C. (M) Western North Carolina
Petteway, Warren B. (M) North Carolina
Richardson, Ted I. (M) Southwest Texas
Rodeheffer, Calvin (M) West Ohio
Russell, John B. (M) Virginia
Rutland, Walter B. (M) Florida
Sanders, Carl J. (M) Virginia
Sanders, Felix J. (M) Louisville
Sayre, Charles A. (M) Southern New Jersey
Schiller, Theodore E. (M) Baltimore
Stambach, Arthur W. (E) Central Pennsylvania
Stich, Seigfried (E) Switzerland (E)
Stovall, James L. (M) Louisiana
Thompson, Gordon G., Jr. (M) North Georgia
Thompson, Lionel (M) Detroit
Van Sickle, John R. (M) Northern Illinois
Watts, Ewart G. (M) Kansas East
White, Leonard (M) East Ohio
Whitten, Dolphus, Jr. (M) Oklahoma
Wilkinson, Donald (M) Wisconsin
No. 10
HEALTH AND WELFARE
To this committee shall be referred all petitions, resolutions, etc.,
relating to the interests and activities of the Boards of Health and
Welfare Ministries and to all the eleemosynary work.
Chairman — Joseph R. Graham West Ohio
Vice-Chairman — D. Roscoe Buttrey Tennessee
Secretary — C. Dale White Southern New England
Place of Meeting: Room 203, St. Mark United Methodist Church
(Italics denote ministerial delegates. (M) or (E) denotes former
church membership)
Adkins, Joel C. (M) South Carolina (1785)
Ariki, Joe (M) Rocky Mountain
Blickenstaff, Thomas (E) Baltimore
Booth, Glenn O. (M) California-Nevada
Boyer, Gene (E) East Ohio
Braun, Mrs. Paul (E) Iowa
Buttrey, D. Roscoe (M) Tennessee
Carson, Joseph T., Jr. (M) , Virginia
Casad, Gordon D. (M) North Texas
Cleveland, Millard C. (M) Florida
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Cockerille, Miss Clara (M) Western Pennsylvania
Cotto-T homer, Alfredo (M) New York
Davis, Sidney E. (E) Missouri West
Dayal, Dr. Christo D. (M) Moradabad
Decker, Mrs. E. Moore (M) Texas
Downie, Dr. Gerald (M) Central Illinois
Eich, Foster (M) Alabama-West Florida
Froe, D. W. (M) West Virginia
Graham, Joseph R. (E) West Ohio
Hayes, Melvin (E) East Ohio
Henderson, Mrs. Henry (M) West Ohio
Hjelte, Marshall C. (M) Pacific Northwest
Hughlett, William S. (M) Florida
Kay, W. Eugene (E) Oklahoma
Key, W. R. (M) South Georgia
King, Arnold K. (M) North Carolina
Latta, Lloyd A. (M) Iowa
Lindsey, Julian A. (M) Western North Carolina
Long, Carroll H. (M) Holston
Marlow, H. Leroy (E) Central Pennsylvania
McMahan, Donald F. (M) North Indiana
Moore, Ray (M) North Georgia
Rainwater, Henry M. (M) North Arkansas
Rogers, Carleton C. (M) Northern Illinois
Saito, Kazuo (M) Southern California-Arizona
Shipps, Hammell P. (M) Southern New Jersey
Sprecher, Mrs. Delia (E) Wisconsin
Streeter, Emmett T. (M) Nebraska
Susat, Edward (M) South Indiana
Trotter, J. Irwin (M) Southern California-Arizona
Walker, W. Roland (M) Virginia
White, C. Dale (M) Southern New England
White, Woodie W. (M) Detroit
Wilshusen, Mrs. John (M) Southwest Texas
Woodall, A. H. (M) North Alabama
Woods, William F. (E) Central Pennsylvania
Zehner, Henry W. (E) Eastern Pennsylvania
No. 11
ECUMENICAL AFFAIRS
To this committee shall be referred all petitions, resolutions, etc.,
relating to the interests and activities of the Commission on Ecumeni-
cal Affairs and all Inter-denominational activities, relations, interests
and responsibilities of The United Methodist Church, including the
American Bible Society, the National Council of Churches of Christ
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in the United States of America, the World Council of Churches and
Committee on Religion in American Life.
Chairman— Mrs. Wayne W. Harrington Nebraska
Vice-C hail-man — John V. Moore California-Nevada
Secretary — R. Benjamin Garrison Central Illinois
Place of Meeting: Room 109, St. Mark United Methodist Church
(Italics denote ministerial delegates, (M) or (E) denotes former
church membership)
Achberger, Mrs. Clarence E. (M) East Ohio
Andrews, David H. (E) Baltimore
Applegate, William P. (M) Iowa
Babcock, Charles I. (M) Florida
Blackstone, Franklin, Jr. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Burtner, Robert W. (M) Oregon-Idaho
Byrd, William O. (M) Rocky Mountain
Carlsen, Eigil ( M) Denmark
Carruth, Mrs. Carlton (M) South Georgia
de Freitas, Antonio Felipe (M) Angola
Duffey, Paul A. (M) Alabama- West Florida
Fichter, Joseph W. (M) West Ohio
Galloway, Benedict A. (M) Louisiana
Garrison, R. Benjamin (M) Central Illinois
Gordon, Mrs. John W. (M) North Alabama
Grove, William B. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Harriefeld, Fritz (E) Northw^est Germany
Harrington, Mrs. Wayne W. (M) Nebraska
Hartz, Mrs. Paul (M) Virginia
Heacock, Jack D. (M) Southvi^est Texas
Heckard, Cecil L. (M) Western North Carolina
Hutchinson, Mildred (M) Southern California-Arizona
Johnson, Richard E. (M) Kansas East
Kalaf, Walter N. (M) Florida
Kaputo, Elie M. (M) Southern Congo
King, Mrs. Mary E. (M) Western North Carolina
Kirchner, Frederick K. (M) Troy
Koenig, Robert W. (E) South Indiana
Krueger, Delton H. (M) Minnesota
Kuehl, Werner E. (M) Northwest Germany
Lai, James (M) Delhi
Leonard, Mrs. James M. (M) West Ohio
Lundy, Robert F. (M) Holston
Mangum, Mrs. Orien (M) Peninsula
Marvin, John E. (M) Detroit
Mentzer, Warren F. (E) Eastern Pennsylvania
Mielke, Mrs. Sharon (E) Wisconsin
Moore, John V. (M) California-Nevada
Moore, LeRoy W. (M) Iowa
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Nees, Forrest G. (M) East Ohio
Paige, Mrs. Jean (M) West Virginia
Parker, Richard S. (M) New York
PfeiflFer, Mrs. A. B. (M) Northern Illinois
Phillips, Randall C. (M) Southern California-Arizona
Pohl, Keith I. (M) West Michigan
Rice, Spencer M. (M) South Carolina (1785)
Roberts, Sidney (M) Central Texas
Roper, Wilbur F. (M) North Texas
Sagar, Sisa Masih (M) Agra
Samuel, S. K. (M) South India
Shook, Wallace T. (M) Texas
Shown, Mrs. Louise (M) North Indiana
Silvers, Mrs. Floyd L. (M) Oklahoma
Simpson, John C, Jr. (M) Virginia
Standard, Forrest L. (M) Missouri West
Styron, Mrs. Arthur (M) North Georgia
Townsend, Samuel L. (M) North Carolina
Warner, Earl D. (E) Central Pennsylvania
Webb, Pauline M, (M) Great Britian
No. 12
JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION, ENABLING
ACTS AND LEGAL FORMS
To this com.tnittee shall be referred all petitions, resolutions, etc.,
relating to the formal disciplining, trial, and appeal of inembers and
ministers of The United Methodist Church, and relating to the Judi-
cial Council and the judicial procedure within the Church. This com-
mittee shall also be charged with the responsibility of preparing and
presenting, for adoption by the Co)iference, such enabling acts and
legal forins as may be needed in the continuing process of unifying
the interests and agencies of the Church.
Chairman — Elias G. Galvan Southern California-Arizona
Vice-Chairman — Mrs. Frances Hundley Wisconsin
Secretary — Ronald W. Gilbert Oklahoma
Place of Meeting: Room 210, St. Mark United Methodist Church
(Italics denote ministerial delegates. (M) or (E) denotes former
church membership)
Baass, Erich M. (M) Northwest Germany
Barrett, James (M) South Carolina (1785)
Beatty, W. Carroll (M) Baltimore
Bell, Lester H. (E) Western Pennsylvania
Campbell, Foy (M) Alabama-West Florida
Carlton, Gordon B. (M) Little Rock
Chapman, Dr. A. Frank (M) Peninsula
Choy, Wilbur W. (M) California-Nevada
Cooper, Earle N. (M) Troy
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Davis, Paul (M) Central Illinois
Drennan, Merrill W. (M) Baltimore
Dutt, Harold (E) West Ohio
Entler, Fred P. (M) Holston
Evans, Daniel F. (M) South Indiana
Everhart, Mrs. Frank B. (M) West Virginia
Galvan, Elias G. (M) Southern California-Arizona
Gilbert, Ronald W. (M) Oklahoma
Grenfell, John N., Jr. (M) Detroit
Harrington, Robert F. (M) Louisiana
Hundley, Mrs. Frances (M) Wisconsin
Hundley, George R. (M) North Alabama
Jacobs, Harry H., Jr. (E) Central Pennsylvania
Jason, William C, Jr. (M) Eastern Pennsylvania
Jefferson, A. G. (M) Virginia
Mann, Robert T. (M) Florida
Mannasmith, Dr. Clarence H. (M) Iowa
Mendigorin, Abdon (M) Philippines
Mikkelsen, John H. (M) Nebraska
Northrop, George M. (M) New York
O'Hara, Delmar T. (M) East Ohio
Parker, Robert P. (M) Virginia
Paxton, James R. (M) Texas
Redmond, Charles D. (E) West Ohio
Renich, Paul W. (M) Kansas West
Robbins, Gene E. (M) North Indiana
Santana, Benjamin (M) Puerto Rico
Scott, Ralph (M) Missouri West
Seller, Ralph H. (M) Southwest Texas
Sharpe, Guy (M) North Georgia
Shaw, Inder A. (M) North India
Stauffer, Eugene E. (M) Northern Illinois
Tomlin, William H. (M) Tennessee
Weaver, L. Stacy (M) North Carolina
White, Charles D. (M) Western North Carolina
No. 13
LOCAL CHURCH
To this committee shall be referred all petitions, resolutions, etc.,
relating to the organization and duties of the various bodies within
the local church. Proposed legislation emanating from other General
Conference Committees concerning local church organization shall
be referred to this committee on Local Church for consideration,
action, and reporting to General Conference.
Chairman — G. Ross Freeman South Georgia
Vice-Chairman — Melvin G. Talbert Southern California-Arizona
Secretary — ^Pauline Bobbitt Southern California- Arizona
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Place of Meeting: Room 201, St. Mark United Methodist Church
(Italics denote ministerial delegates. (M) or (E) denotes former
church membership)
Allin, Willard S. (M) Minnesota
Barclift, Chancie D. (M) North Carolina
Beeman, Paul J. (M) Pacific Northwest
Bingham, Clifford (E) South Indiana
Blackburn, Alfred B. (M) Florida
Bobbitt, Pauline (M) Southern California-Arizona
Bramlett, Sam C. (M) Texas
Brandyherry, Abraham L. (E) East Ohio
Brewer, Otho G., Jr. (M) Peninsula
Bristow, Carroll D. (M) Baltimore
Brown, Allen L. (M) Louisiana
Byler, Robert A. (M) West Ohio
Carrington, John E. (M) New York
Catterall, Grace (M) California-Nevada
Chadwick, Mrs. Dorothy (M) Western Pennsylvania
Cochrun, Edgar (E) West Ohio
Cole, Calvin H. (E) Central Pennsylvania
Cromwell, Thomas L. (M) East Ohio
Daugherty, Ruth M. (E) Eastern Pennsylvania
Dickerson, Ellis R. (M) Alabama-West Florida
Easter, Paul M. (M) Western Pennsylvania
Fenn, G. Lemuel (M) Oklahoma
Fink, Harold H. (M) Virginia
Fishbeck, Royal B., Jr. (M) Troy
Ford, Edwin C. (M) Western North Carolina
Ford, Frank B. (M) New Mexico
Freemayi, G. Ross (M) South Georgia
Galbreath, Mrs. Charles (M) Central Illinois
Geissbiihler, Theo (E) Switzerland (E)
Gilts, George (E) West Ohio
Grant, Nicholas W. (M) North Carolina
Greenhaw, Frank (M) North Texas
Hall, E. William (M) Baltimore
Havemann, Gerhard (E) . Annual Conf. of German Democratic Rep.
Hermann, Dr. Erich (E) Southwest Germany
Hicks, Kenneth W. (M) Nebraska
Horton, Robert E. (E) Detroit
Houston, Jamie G. (M) North Mississippi
Kadenge, Fannuel (M) Rhodesia
Keeffe, Williain R. (M) New Hampshire
LaSuer, Donald F. (M) North Indiana
Lau, Clifford (M) Wisconsin
Love, Elza L. (M) Texas
Lutrick, Charles E. (M) Northwest Texas
Malac, Vlastislav (M) Czechoslovakia
Manns, Herbert (M) West Berlin
McCall, Kenneth A. (M) Missouri West
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McCommons, Mrs. R. M. (M) North Georgia
Mcintosh, Mrs. Hilda (M) Kansas East
McMillan, Mrs. Norris (M) Southwest Texas
Moody, C. LeGrande, Jr. (M) South Carolina (1785)
Morgan, Robert C. (M) North Alabama
Myers, Paul E. (M) Central Pennsylvania
Newton, C. D. S. (M) Delhi
Page, Carlos C. (M) West Michigan
Patton, Russell R. (M) Kentucky
Pfaltzgraff, Richard C. (E) Iowa
Ragsdale, Mrs. J. B. (M) Holston
Ramer, Lloyd W. (M) Memphis
Risinger, Melvin S. (M) West Virginia
Rollins, Mrs. Rose (M) Northern New Jersey
Shore, Philip L., Jr. (M) Western North Carolina
Spain, Robert H. (M) Tennessee
Spurr, Miss Edith (M) Southern New England
Swales, Williain R. (M) Central New York
Swofford, Mrs. Ross (M) Missouri East
T albert, Melvin G. (M) Southern California-Arizona
Taylor, Wendell P. C. (M) Mississippi (FCJ)
Totten, Harold (E) Kansas West
Vaughan, William C. (M) Virginia
Verdin, Douglas F. (M) New York
White, James K. (M) Central Illinois
White, Raymon E. (M) Holston
White, William D. (M) Northern Illinois
Wilson, Carroll (M) Central Texas
Wood, Allison C. (M) Northern New York
Wood, Dr. Donald R. (M) Rocky Mountain
Yaggy, Mrs. William H. (M) Iowa
Zimmerynan, Eugene M. (M) Florida
No. 14
RITUAL AND ORDERS
OF WORSHIP
To this committee shall be referred all petitions, resolutions, etc.
relating to ritual and orders of worship and all interests and activities
of the Commission on Worship.
Chairman — Mrs. Barbara Thompson Baltimore
V ice-Chairman — Eugene T. Drinkard North Georgia
Secretary — J. Jeffrey Hoover Iowa
Place of Meeting: Room 105, St. Mark United Methodist Church
(Italics denote ministerial delegates. (M) or (E) denotes former
church membership)
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Allen, Mrs. James (M) Virginia
Anderegg, Miss Joyce (E) Western Pennsylvania
Aponte, Ramon (M) New York
Bearden, Robert E. L. (M) Little Rock
Beebe, William L. (M) Wyoming
Benedyktowicz, Witold (M) Poland
Bright, William E. (M) Detroit
Carrell, Olivia (M) California-Nevada
Carver, Donald L. (M) Iowa
Coleman, Harry (M) West Virginia
Colpitts, Mrs. A. Hunter (E) North Indiana
Dotts, Ted J. (M) Northwest Texas
Drinkard, Eugene T. (M) North Georgia
Dunn, Mrs. Sam A. (M) North Carolina
Foster, George A. (M) Florida
Gathings, Ervin M. (M) North Texas
Haining, Kathleen L. (M) Minnesota
Hardin, Granville N. (M) West Ohio
Harding, Joe A. (M) Pacific Northwest
Harper, John R. (M) Eastern Pennsylvania
Hartman, Tom (M) Kansas West
Hoopert, Grantas E. (M) Central Pennsylvania
Hoover, J. Jeffrey (M) Iowa
Kesler, N. Robert (M) Southern California- Arizona
Lash, H. Donald (E) Western Pennsylvania
Lewis, William B. (M) Southern Illinois
Myers, Calvin R. (M) East Ohio
North, Jack B. (M) Central Illinois
Oehler, Mrs. Jack (E) Northern Illinois
Pope, H. David, Jr. (M) Texas
Purdy, Burt (M) North Alabama
Reeves, Richard E. (M) Central Illinois
Rice, George E. (M) South Indiana
Richer, Ben (E) West Ohio
Schulz, Willard W. (E) Wisconsin
Settle, Frank A. (M) Holston
Smith, Irving L. ( M ) Oklahoma
Smith, Robert M. (M) Western North Carolina
Taylor, Eben (M) South Carolina (1785)
Thompson, Mrs. Barbara (M) Baltimore
Turner, James W. (M) Virginia
Wonders, Dr. Alice (M) Central Texas
"The plan of organization and rules of order of the
General Conference shall be the plan of organization
and rules of order as published in the journal of the
preceding General Conference until they have been
altered or modified by the action of the General Con-
ference." (Discipline, ^ 607.)
PLAN OF ORGANIZATION
I. OPENING SESSION AND ORGANIZATION
The General Conference shall assemble on the day fixed
and at the place designated in accordance with the action
taken by the preceding General Conference or the Com-
mission on the General Conference. The Holy Communion
shall be celebrated by the Conference, the Council of Bish-
ops being in charge. The opening business session of the
Conference shall be on the day and at the hour fixed by the
Commission on the General Conference and shall be called
to order by the bishop designated, as provided in ^ 15 § 11
of the Discipline.
The following order of business shall be observed :
A. Roll Call. The roll shall be called by the Secretary of
the preceding General Conference in the following manner :
(1) There shall be called the names of the bishops who
have died since the adjournment of the preceding General
Conference, and likewise the names of delegates-elect who
have died.
(2) The record of attendance shall be made in writing to
the Secretary of the General Conference by :
(a) The Secretary of the Council of Bishops for the
bishops,
(b) The Secretary of the Judicial Council for that body,
(c) The Secretary of the Council of Secretaries for that
body, and
(d) The chairman of each delegation for its membership.
The chairman shall be provided with a blank form on which
to report in writing the attendance of its members, noting
absentees and substitutions, which reports shall be tabulated
by the Secretary and published in the Daihj Christian Ad-
vocate. Any reserve seated in the place of a regular delegate
shall have been duly elected as a reserve delegate by his
Annual Conference, and shall meet the requirements set
forth in the Discipline, ^^ 38-40. Delegates, including re-
serves, when the latter are substituted for a delegate or
delegates, shall be seated in the order of their election,
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except when a reserve is seated temporarily, in which case
he shall occupy the seat of the delegate for whom he is
substituted. All delegates arriving after the opening roll
call shall be reported by the chairman of the delegation to
the Committee on Credentials, in order to be properly en-
rolled.
(3) A majority of the whole number of delegates to the
General Conference shall constitute a quorum for the trans-
action of business. (Discipline, ^ 608.)
B. Election of Secretary-Designate. The Council of Bish-
ops shall present a nomination from the ministry or lay
membership of The United Methodist Church for secretary-
designate. Other nominations shall be permitted from the
floor. The time of election shall be scheduled during the
session by the Agenda Committee. The election, if there be
two or more nominees, shall be by ballot. The secretary-
designate shall assume the responsibilities of the office of
secretary as soon after the adjournment of the General
Conference as all work in connection with the session in-
cluding the preparation, printing and mailing of the
Journal has been completed. The exact date of the transfer
of responsibility to the secretary-designate shall be deter-
mined by the Commission on the General Conference but
shall not be later than 12 months after the adjournment of
the General Conference.
C. Committee Nominations and Elections. The Council
of Bishops shall present nominations or appoint members
for the standing administrative committees, and such other
nominations as are hereinafter committed to it, for election
by the General Conference.
D. Miscellaneous Business.
E. Adjournment.
II. EPISCOPAL ADDRESS
The Quadrennial Address of the Council of Bishops shall
be delivered early in the Conference, at such hour as de-
termined by the Commission on the General Conference in
consultation with the Council of Bishops.
III. PRESIDING OFFICERS
The presiding officers for the several sessions of the
Conference, the opening session excepted (see div. I above),
shall be chosen from among the effective bishops in the
following manner: The Council of Bishops shall at the
opening session nominate for election by the Conference a
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Committee on Presiding Officers composed of one minister
and one layman from each Jurisdiction, and one minister
and one layman from among the delegates representing
the Annual Conferences outside the United States, and
four members at large. The Committee on Presiding Officers
shall establish a continuing pool of five names of bishops
from which group the presiding officer shall be selected by
the committee. Each bishop shall be given reasonable notice
of his selection for this pool, but subsequently he shall be
available for assignment as presiding officer at any session.
The committee shall be free to continue a bishop for more
than one session, if in its judgment the parliamentary situa-
tion requires this continuity of chairmanship.
IV. SECRETARIAL STAFF
(1) The Secretary of the General Conference elected as
hereinbefore provided shall be responsible for all functions
of the office in preparation for the session of the General
Conference following his election. He shall serve until all
work in connection with the session for which he has pre-
pared has been completed. He shall keep the record of
proceedings of all sessions of the General Conference. He
shall compile and edit a Handbook for The General Con-
ference and edit the official Journal of the General Con-
ference.
(2) The Conference shall elect, upon nomination by the
Secretary, a Coordinator of Calendar who shall assist the
Committee on Calendar in presenting reports in such an
order so as to expedite the business of the Conference, as
well as in other responsibilities of the committee. (See VI-
A (2).)
(3) The Conference shall elect, upon the nomination of
the Secretary, such assistant secretaries from the ministry
or lay membership of The United Methodist Church as it
may deem wise.
(4) The work of the Secretary shall be supervised by
the Commission on the General Conference. A budget for
the work of the Secretary shall be presented by the Com-
mission on the General Conference to the Council on Fi-
nance and Administration. Such budget shall be paid out
of the General Administration Fund.
(5) If in the interim of the quadrennial sessions of the
General Conference the office of Secretary shall for any
reason be vacated, the Council of Bishops shall elect a suc-
cessor to serve until the next session.
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V. ENTERTAINMENT AND PROGRAM
There shall be a Commission on the General Conference
composed of one minister and one layman from each Juris-
diction and four members at large who shall be nominated
by the Council of Bishops and elected by the General Con-
ference for a term of eight years; provided that at the
1968 General Conference one-half of the members shall be
elected for a term of four years so that thereafter the
General Conference shall elect one-half of the members
each quadrennium for a term of eight years. The Secretary
of the General Conference, the Treasurer of the Council on
Finance and Administration and the Director of the Con-
vention Bureau shall also be members ex-ofRcio but without
vote. If vacancies occur, for any reason, the Council of
Bishops shall elect successors to serve for the unexpired
term until the next session of the General Conference. The
Commission shall elect two additional members at large for
each quadrennium.
The Council of Bishops shall designate one of its mem-
bers to convene and organize the Commission before the
adjournment of the General Conference.
This Commission shall determine the place and time
(within such limits as may be set up by the General Con-
ference) of the next General Conference and shall send an
official notice to all elected delegates announcing specifically
the opening day and hour of the General Conference. The
Commission shall make all necessary arrangements in con-
nection therewith, including arrangements for the publica-
tion of a book of quadrennial reports of the general boards
and other general agencies of the Church, the same to be
published by the United Methodist Publishing House.
The Commission shall plan the schedule for the opening
day of the Conference.
The Commission shall recommend to the General Con-
ference the per diem allowance to be paid to the elected
delegates.
The Commission shall issue invitations to fraternal dele-
gates after consultation with the Council of Bishops, and
shall arrange for their local entertainment for the specific
period of time required for their presentation to the Gen-
eral Conference.
The Commission is authorized, if it deems it advisable,
to select the site of the General Conference two quadren-
nia in advance.
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VI. COMMITTEES
The General Conference shall have the standing commit-
tees hereinafter indicated, with such functions, responsi-
bilities, and limitations respectively as are hereinafter pre-
scribed, and such special committees as it may order.
A. Standing Administrative Committees
(1) Committee on Agenda. There shall be a Committee
on Agenda.
(a) It shall be composed of twelve members, at least
four of whom shall be laymen, to be constituted as follows :
One from each Jurisdiction, one from overseas, four mem-
bers at large, the chairman of the Committee on Calendar
when elected, and the chairman or substitute for the Pro-
gram Chairman of the Program Committee of the Com-
mission on the General Conference. It shall be appointed
by the Council of Bishops at its winter meeting next pre-
ceding the meeting of the General Conference from the
elected delegates to the General Conference.
(b) The Committee shall be convened by the Secretary
of the General Conference at least the day before the open-
ing of the General Conference and shall consult with the
Council of Bishops, the Commission on the General Con-
ference and the Secretary of the General Conference con-
cerning pending business.
(c) Following the presentation and adoption of the re-
port of the Commission on the General Conference at the
opening session of the General Conference, the Committee
on Agenda shall immediately become responsible for helping
guide the order of business of the Conference.
(d) To this committee shall be referred all requests for
special orders of the day, except those requested in the
report of the Commission on the General Conference on
the first day of the Conference.
(e) Proposals, questions, communications, resolutions,
and other matters not included in the regular business of
the General Conference shall be referred to the Committee
on Agenda without motion or debate. This committee shall
determine whether or not the matter presented shall be
considered by the General Conference. Appeal from the
decision of this committee may be presented to the Confer-
ence upon the written signature of twenty members of the
Conference, and the item shall be presented to the Con-
ference if the appeal is supported by a one-third vote.
(f) The Committee on Agenda shall report to each ses-
sion of the General Conference its recommendations con-
cerning business agenda and time allocations for the va-
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rious reports and business items, except that at all times
the Committee on Calendar shall determine the order in
which legislative committee reports shall be presented.
(2) Calendar. The Committee on Calendar shall be com-
posed of four members, nominated by the Council of Bish-
ops. None of them shall be chairman of a Standing or
Legislative Committee or a member or staff person of any-
General Board or Agency. The committee, upon advice of
the Coordinator of Calendar (IV (2)), shall (a) present
calendar reports in such an order so as to expedite the
business of the Conference, (b) advise the Committee on
Presiding Officers as far ahead as is feasible of the calen-
dar to be considered, (c) inform the presiding bishop of
the priority status of the calendar, and (d) keep an over-
view of calendar progress. The Secretary of the General
Conference shall convene the Committee on Calendar.
(3) Correlation and Editorial Revision. There shall be
a committee of four known as the Committee on Correla-
tion and Editorial Revision. This committee shall be com-
posed of four persons not members of the General Con-
ference, appointed by the Council of Bishops. The Book
Editor shall be an ex-officio member. They shall be entitled
to travel expense and per diem allowance, the same as the
delegates. Two alternates shall be appointed by the Council
of Bishops. The function of this committee shall be:
(a) To review all proposed legislation reported in the
Daily Christian Advocate and that presented in special re-
ports to the General Conference and all legislation enacted
by the General Conference. The Committee shall report
promptly to the standing committees concerned, or to the
General Conference as the situation may warrant, any and
all contradictions, duplications, and inconsistencies dis-
covered therein.
(b) To report to the chairmen of the several standing
legislative committees all changes it has made in the lan-
guage of the reports adopted by the General Conference.
(4) Courtesies and Privileges. There shall be a commit-
tee of sixteen, composed of one minister and one layman
from each Jurisdiction, one minister and one layman from
among the delegates representing Annual Conferences out-
side the United States, and four members at large known
as the Committee on Courtesies and Privileges, having the
following duties and responsibilities :
(a) To consider, as presented to it by members of the
Conference, what said members regard as questions or
matters of privilege, to decide whether they are such or not,
and if they are regarded as being such, to recommend to the
Conference that they be heard. (Note: Only questions or
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matters of privilege which are so urgent that they cannot
wait for consideration by this committee may be presented
immediately to the Conference, as provided in Rule 9.)
(b) To prepare, with due regard for brevity, and present
to the Conference for its action such complimentary resolu-
tions as occasion may demand. Other resolutions of com-
mendations and appreciation offered by mem.bers of the
General Conference shall be announced but not read and
shall appear in their entirety in an appropriate place in the
Daily Christian Advocate.
(c) To arrange for extending courtesies of the Confer-
ence to any to whom they may be due, fraternal delegates
and official visitors excepted.
(d) To arrange for a memorial service, at some time
agreeable to the Conference, for deceased delegates-elect,
and for bishops and general officers of the Church who
have died since the adjournment of the last preceding Gen-
eral Conference.
(e) To limit its report, including the statement of the
chairman and the hearing of such persons as may be pre-
sented, to a maximum of twenty minutes in any one busi-
ness session. No person or persons shall be presented after
the sixth day unless approved by a two-thirds vote of the
Conference.
(f ) To prepare and publish in the Daily Christian Advo-
cate, contemporaneously with the list of the nominees for
election to the Judicial Council, biographical sketches not
to exceed 100 words in length for each nominee.
(5) Credentials. There shall be a Committee on Creden-
tials of seven members. To this Committee, the chairmen
of the respective annual conference delegations shall report
on a form provided for that purpose any change in seating
of delegates. This Committee shall, in turn, report to the
Conference all changes in seating which have been reported
to it and approved by it ; provided that the reserve delegates
reported by the chairmen of the respective annual confer-
ence delegations as substituted for absentees at the open-
ing session shall be seated tentatively without such ap-
proval. This committee shall make recommendation to the
General Conference on any questions which may arise re-
lated to the eligibility of seating any delegates.
(6) Fraternal Delegates. There shall be a Committee on
Fraternal Delegates of nine members, eight of whom shall
be appointed by the Council of Bishops from the regularly
elected delegates to the ensuing General Conference at the
winter meeting of the Council of Bishops immediately pre-
ceding the General Conference and the Chairman of the
sub-Committee on Fraternal Delegates of the Commission
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on the General Conference. The Council of Bishops shall
designate a temporary chairman of the committee, who
shall call the committee to meet at the seat of the General
Conference at least one full day prior to the opening of the
Conference. To this committee shall be referred all com-
munications, credentials, and information in the hands of
the Secretary or the Council of Bishops relating to frater-
nal delegates and official visitors.
The function of the committee shall be to extend the
courtesies of the Conference to the fraternal delegates and
official visitors and present them to the General Conference.
The terms "fraternal delegates" and "official visitors" shall
be interpreted to include only persons who have been duly
elected by the Christian communions of which they are
respectively members, to represent the same before the
General Conference, who present the appropriate creden-
tials of such elections, and who have been invited through
the Commission on the General Conference, after consulta-
tion with the Council of Bishops.
In so far as possible the committee shall plan the presen-
tation of such fraternal delegates and official visitors dur-
ing the first week of the General Conference.
(7) Journal. There shall be a committee of seven which
shall daily examine the record of the Secretary, comparing
it with the stenographic record, and report its findings to
the Conference, recommending appropriate action. Any er-
ror subsequently discovered in a section of the Journal
which has been approved shall be reported to the Conference
for correction.
(8) Plan of Organization and Rules of Order. There shall
be a Committee on Plan of Organization and Rules of
Order of eleven members. The Secretary of the Conference
shall be an ex-officio member and one of the eleven. To this
committee shall be referred any proposed amendments to
the Plan of Organization and Rules of Order. (See Rule
40.) To it may be referred any other matters relating to
parliamentary order or procedure in the business of the
General Conference.
This committee shall serve as an Interim Committee be-
tween sessions of the General Conference and shall restudy
the Plan of Organization and Rules of Order and, after
making such needed changes and adaptations therein as in
its judgment are necessary, shall present them to the Gen-
eral Conference for consideration and final action, same to
be published in the Journal of the General Conference.
The Plan of Organization and Rules of Order of the
General Conference shall be the* Plan of Organization and
Rules of Order as published in the Journal of the preceding
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General Conference until they have been altered or modified
by the action of The General Conference. (See Discipline,
^607.)
(9) Presiding Officers. See div. Ill above.
(10) Reference. There shall be a Committee on Refer-
ence composed of one ministerial and one lay representative
from each Jurisdiction, at least two of whom shall be law-
yers, one minister and one layman from Annual Confer-
ences outside the United States, and four members at large,
to be appointed by the Council of Bishops from the regular-
ly elected delegates to the ensuing General Conference at
the winter meeting of the said Council of Bishops preceding
the session of the General Conference. This committee shall
be convened by the Secretary of the General Conference
prior to and at the seat of the General Conference. After
ascertaining that the petitions, resolutions, and similar
communications dealing with the regular business of the
Conference meet the requirements herein specified, this
committee shall refer the same to the appropriate standing
administrative or legislative committees. This committee
shall be responsible for such assignment of all petitions
which may be in the hands of the Secretary prior to the
opening session, including the Episcopal Address, the book
of printed Quadrennial Reports and all other communica-
tions which shall come into his hands after the convening
of the General Conference. (Par. 609 of the Disciplirie
provides that petitions shall be in the hands of the Sec-
retary not later than thirty days before the opening of the
Conference session; provided, however, the Secretary shall
accept up to the opening day petitions from overseas and
from Conferences meeting within thirty days before the
General Conference.)
The Committee on Reference may withdraw a paper
after having assigned it to a committee, either upon a
request or upon its own motion. It may also withhold from
reference or publication any document it shall deem im-
proper, promptly advising the author, or authors, thereof
of its action in order that an appeal may be made to the
Conference if desired. The committee shall publish as
promptly as possible in the Daily Christian Advocate lists
of the communications it has referred to the several stand-
ing committees, identifying each by number, title, origin,
and destination. No petition shall be assigned by the Com-
mittee on Reference to any General Conference committee
unless it comes from some organization, minister, or mem-
ber of The United Methodist Church, and also contains in-
formation essential to the verification of the alleged facts
concerning its origin.
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All petitions should be presented in triplicate. Each
should deal with only one general subject, and so far as
possible, only one chapter in the Discipline. Not more than
one petition should be presented on a single sheet of paper,
(11) Tellers. There shall be a committee of sixty, to
act as tellers for the purpose of reporting on count votes
and ballots ordered by the General Conference. The tellers
shall be divided into two groups of thirty each. Each group
shall have reserve tellers. The Secretary of the General
Conference shall appoint tellers and reserve tellers whose
names shall be printed in the Daily Christian Advocate.
B. Standing Legislative Committees ^
The General Conference shall have the following stand-
ing legislative committees, which shall consider all proposals
looking toward new legislation or changes in the present
legislation of the church and report recommendations re-
lating thereto to the Conference; provided, however, that
reports and proposals from the regular councils and special
commissions of the General Conference may be made direct-
ly to the Conference. The term "legislative" as descriptive
of the functions of these committees is not to be inter-
preted with absolute strictness, in as much as they may
consider matters calculated to eventuate in the form of ad-
vices, resolutions, appeals, etc., as well as in legislation. Too
extensive use of Special Study Committees authorized by
the General Conference tends to limit the work and impor-
tance of our legislative committees. Under ordinary circum-
stances Special Study Committees should report briefly to
the General Conference, after which their reports should
be referred automatically to the appropriate legislative
committees for study at the beginning of the General Con-
ference sessions. After the Study Committee makes its
report, the General Conference by a two-thirds vote may
authorize immediately consideration of this report.
(1) Christian Social Concerns. To this committee shall
be referred all petitions, resolutions, etc., relating to social
issues and all interests and activities of the Boards of
Christian Social Concerns.
(2) Conferences. To this committee shall be referred all
petitions, resolutions, etc., relating to the interests and
activities of the General, Jurisdictional, Annual, Provi-
sional Annual, District, and Missionary Conferences, and to
1 The 1972 General Conference granted the Interim Committee on Plan of
Organization and Rules of Order the power to reconstitute the number and re-
sponsibilities of the Standing Legislative Committees for the 1976 General Conference
in keeping with the restructuring adopted by the 1972 General Conference; see Jour-
nal, page 534.
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the structure of the Program Councils. All petitions, reso-
lutions, etc., relating to Central Conferences shall be re-
ferred to the Commission on Central Conference Affairs.
(3) Education. To this committee shall be referred all
petitions, resolutions, etc., relating to the interests and
activities of the Boards of Education and Commission on
Archives and History.
(4) Lay Activities and Church Finance. To this commit-
tee shall be referred all petitions, resolutions, etc., re-
lating to the interests of lay activities and the Boards
of the Laity; and relating to trustees, properties, church
finance (general and local).
(5) Membership and Evangelism. To this committee shall
be referred all petitions, resolutions, etc., relating to church
membership, including conditions, duties, and transfer
thereof; and relating to the interests and activities of the
Boards of Evangelism.
(6) Clergy. To this committee shall be referred all peti-
tions, resolutions, etc., relating to the Clergy of the Church
in all its forms, grades, and orders, and relating to all
interests and activities of the Boards of the Ministry.
(7) Missions. To this committee shall be referred all
petitions, resolutions, etc., relating to the interests and
activities of the Boards of Missions.
(8) Pensions. To this committee shall be referred all
petitions, resolutions, etc., relating to the support of re-
tired and supernumerary ministers, and of widow^s and
dependent children of deceased ministers, not including
bishops, and all matters relating to pensions of lay employ-
ees of Church organizations, boards, agencies, or institu-
tions and all interests and activities of the Boards of Pen-
sions.
(9) Communications and Publications. To this committee
shall be referred all petitions, resolutions, etc., relating
to all the Publications of The United Methodist Church
and to all interests and activities of the Board of Publica-
tions, the Commission on Public Relations and United Meth-
odist Information, and the Divisions of Interpretation and
Television, Radio and Film Communication of the Program
Council.
(10) Health and Welfare. To this committee shall be
referred all petitions, resolutions, etc., relating to the in-
terests and activities of the Board of Health and Welfare
Ministries, and to all the eleemosynary work.
(11) Ecumenical Affairs. To this committee shall be re-
ferred all petitions, resolutions, etc., relating to the in-
terests and activities of the Commission of Ecumenical
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Affairs and all Interdenominational activities, relations, in-
terests and responsibilities of The United Methodist Church,
including the American Bible Society, the National Council
of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America,
the World Council of Churches and Committee on Religion
in American Life.
(12) Judicial Administration, Enabhng Acts and Legal
Forms. To this committee shall be referred all petitions,
resolutions, etc., relating to the formal disciplining, trial,
and appeal of members and ministers of The United Meth-
odist Church, and relating to the Judicial Council and the
judicial procedure within the Church. This committee shall
also be charged with the responsibility of preparing and
presenting for adoption by the Conference, such enabling
acts and legal forms as may be needed in the continuing
process of unifying the interests and agencies of the
Church.
(13) Local Church. To this committee shall be referred
all petitions, resolutions, etc., relating to the organization
and duties of the various bodies within the local church.
Proposed legislation emanating from other General Con-
ference committees concerning local church organization
shall be referred to this committee on Local Church for
consideration, action and reporting to General Conference.
(14) Ritual and Orders of Worship. To this committee
shall be referred all petitions, resolutions, etc., relating to
ritual and orders of worship and all interests and activities
of the Commission on Worship.
C. Membership of Committees
Each delegate shall serve as a member of one of the
standing legislative committees numbered 1 to 14. Within
the Annual Conference delegation each member shall choose
from the legislative committees 1 to 14 the committee on
which he shall serve, the choice being made in order of
election. The layman first elected shall be entitled to the
first choice, the minister first elected to the second choice,
and thus the right of choice shall continue to alternate
between lay and ministerial delegates in the order of their
election; provided, that two members of a delegation may
not serve on any one of the above-designated standing
legislative committees 1 to 14 unless the said delegation
is represented on each of them. All delegations composed of
fourteen or more members shall assign all members in excess
of fourteen according to this same principle of distribu-
tion. (For example, a Conference with sixteen delegates
shall have two members on each of any two of these four-
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teen committees, and one on each of the remaining twelve.
Each delegate may, in the order of his turn to choose,
select any one of these fourteen committees, provided that
the foregoing division of delegates among the committees
is maintained.)
If a matter is under consideration in any standing legis-
lative committee which in the judgment of any Annual
Conference delegation vitally affects the interests of its
constituency, and if the said Annual Conference is not
represented in the membership of said committee, then
the said delegation may choose one of its number to repre-
sent its Annual Conference in the committee when the
matter judged to be vital to the interests of this con-
stituency is under consideration. Such a person shall be
entitled to sit with the committee while this particular
matter is being considered. He shall be entitled to the floor,
subject to such limitations as are imposed on the regular
members of said committee, but he shall not be entitled to
vote.
D. Meeting of Committees
(1) For Organization. All standing legislative and ad-
ministrative committees shall meet for organization at such
time as the Commission on the General Conference shall de-
termine. A Bishop appointed by the Council of Bishops and
an assistant secretary appointed by the Secretary of the
General Conference shall serve, respectively, as chairman
and secretary to effect an organization in each of the several
standing committees.
(a) The election of chairman, vice-chairman, and secre-
tary of each standing committee, both administrative and
legislative, shall be by ballot.
(b) The assistant secretary appointed for the organiza-
tion of each standing legislative committee shall report in
writing to the Secretary of the Conference at the earliest
possible date the oflficers elected. In the case of all other
committees the secretary elected shall make such report
immediately to the Secretary of the Conference.
(c) The Secretary of the General Conference shall be
responsible for arranging for a coaching meeting for all
chairmen, vice-chairmen, and secretaries of legislative com-
mittees, as soon as possible after their elections. This coach-
ing shall include instruction in their duties, all procedures
in the handling of petitions, the times of the daily deadline
for publishing reports, and other information to expedite
the work of the committees. The Commission on the General
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Conference is requested to arrange for a time and place for
such a meeting.
(2) Regular Meetings. The standing legislative commit-
tees 1 to 14 inclusive shall meet for business as scheduled by
the Agenda Committee unless otherwise ordered by the
Conference, until their work is completed, and at such other
times as the committees may themselves determine.
(3) Quorum for Committee Meetings. A majority of the
members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business in all committees.
E. Function and Authority of Committees
(1) The standing administrative committees, without
specific instruction or direction from the Conference, shall
assume responsibility for considering and reporting to the
Conference upon all matters which would logically fall with-
in their respective purviews, if it seems wise to do so, as
these are indicated hereinbefore.
(2) The standing legislative committees may not origi-
nate business, but shall consider and report only upon that
which is referred to them directly by the Conference or
through the Committee on Reference, the Agenda Commit-
tee, or the Committee on Calendar. (See Rule 31.)
VII. PROPOSAL INVOLVING EXPENDITURE OF
UNBUDGETED FUNDS
When any proposal is submitted to the General Confer-
ence to establish an interim or continuing board, commis-
sion, or committee, before final action is taken by the
General Conference establishing such board, commission,
or committee, said proposal shall be referred to the Council
on Finance and Administration or its executive committee,
with the request that it bring to the General Conference
an estimated budget of the expense of operation of the
proposed board, commission, or committee for the next
quadrennium and a statement of how the adoption of such
proposal will affect the budget or budgets for the existing
boards, commissions, or committees as already presented
by the Council on Finance and Administration.
When any proposal is submitted to the General Confer-
ence which involves the expenditure of funds not included
in an established budget, such proposal shall be referred
for advice and recommendation to the Council on Finance
and Administration before final action is taken by the
General Conference.
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VIII. DELEGATES' EXPENSE ACCOUNTS
(1) The report of the chairmen of the respective annual
conference delegations shall be the basis for settlement
with principal and reserve delegates for their per diem
allowances.
(2) The total traveling expense shall be payable to the
principal delegate if he be present and seated. If during
the session of the Conference a reserve delegate is seated in
his place, he shall adjust the travel expense with such re-
serve on the basis of the time served by each.
(3) Travel expense for delegates to the Conference shall
be on the basis of railroad fare by the most direct route
(clergy fare for ministers), lower berth or roomette (Pull-
man) and meals en route, or by air coach. Overseas dele-
gates shall be allowed travel expenses on the basis of round-
trip tourist air fare, directly to and from the seat of the
Conference. Additional expenses may be allowed such dele-
gates for arrival and departure not to exceed two days in
either case. Unavoidable exceptions to this limitation of two
days before and two days after General Conference, due to
transportation schedules, must be approved by the Council
on Finance and Administration. The per diem expense al-
lowance for all such days before and after General Con-
ference shall be at the same rate as granted delegates dur-
ing General Conference. When two or more delegates come
in one automobile, the owner shall be allowed 8 cents per
mile for his car plus the cost of room and meals en route.
Guest passengers who are members of the General Con-
ference shall submit only the cost of room and meals en
route. In all cases delegates shall report only the actual
cost of travel.
IX. MATERIAL TO BE INCLUDED IN THE
DISCIPLINE
(1) No non-legislative material shall be ordered printed
in the Discipline without first referring it to the Committee
on Correlation and Editorial Revision for consideration and
report to the General Conference for further consideration
and final action.
(2) The Book Editor, the Secretary of the General Con-
ference and the Publisher of the United Methodist Church
shall be charged with editing the Discipline and Book of
Resolutions. The Editors, in the exercise of their judgment,
shall have the authority to make changes in phraseology as
may be necessary to harmonize legislation without changing
its substance.
RULES OF ORDER
I. DAILY SCHEDULE
Rule 1. Hours of Meetings
The following shall be the daily order for the General
Conference, Sundays excepted :
(1) 8:30 A.M. to 9:10 A.M. — Devotional service under
direction of the Council of Bishops.
(2) 9:10 A.M. to 12:30 p.m. — Conference business with
recess for ten minutes at 10 :30.
(3) 2:30 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. — Committee meetings.
(4) 7:30 P.M. — Evening programs as planned by the
Commission on the General Conference or committee
meetings.
Rule 2. Order of Business
After devotional service the daily sessions of the Con-
ference shall be conducted as follows :
(1) Report of Committee on Journal of the previous
meeting or meetings.
(2) Report of Committee on Courtesies and Privileges.
(3) Reports of other standing administrative and special
committees.
(4) Calendar.
(5) Miscellaneous business.
H. PRESIDING OFFICERS
Rule 3. Authority of the Chairman
The bishop presiding shall be the legal chairman of the
General Conference. He shall decide points of order raised
by the members, and shall rule on points of order not raised
by the members, as he deems necessary to conform to these
rules of order; subject, in both cases, to an appeal to the
Conference by any member without debate ; except that the
chairman and the appellant, in the order here named, shall
each have five minutes for a statement in support of their
respective positions. A tie vote in the case of appeal shall
sustain the chair. When any member raises a point of order
he shall cite, by number, the rule he adjudges to have been
violated. The presiding bishop shall have the right to re-
cess a session of the General Conference at any time at
his discretion and to reconvene at such time as he shall
announce, with only delegates, authorized personnel and
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authorized guests permitted to attend such a session follow-
ing recess.
Rule 4. Calling the Conference to Order
When the chairman stands in his place and calls the
Conference to order, no member shall speak, address the
chair, or stand, while the chairman stands.
III. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF MEMBERS
Rule. 5. Attendance and Seating Reserves
No member, unless hindered by sickness or otherwise
from being present, shall absent himself from the sessions
of the Conference without permission of the Conference;
and all absentees shall be reported by the chairmen of the
several Annual Conference delegations to the Committee
on Credentials on a form provided for this purpose. No
reserve delegate shall have the privilege of membership
until the substitution has been approved by the Conference,
except at the first session of the Conference, as provided
in the Plan of Organization, div. I, sec. A, subs. 2d.
Rule 6. Directions for Securing the Floor
When a delegate desires to speak to the Conference, he
shall arise at his designated seat, respectfully address the
presiding officer, using the term, ''Mr. Chairman," and,
after recognition, proceed to the speaker's platform, where,
before speaking, he shall give the chairman, in writing,
his name and that of the Annual Conference which he
represents; which, in turn, the chairman shall then an-
nounce to the Conference.
If by reason of the intended brevity of his remarks he
speaks from one of the microphones in the aisles of the
assembly hall, he shall first announce his name and the name
of the Annual Conference which he represents ; which, in
turn, the chairman shall then announce to the Conference.
Rule 7. Interrupting the Speaker
No member who has the floor may be interrupted except
for a breach of order, or a misrepresentation, or to direct
the attention of the Conference to the fact that the time
has arrived for a special order, or to raise a very urgent
question of high privilege.
Rule 8. Speaking More Than Once; Length of Speech
No member shall speak a second time on the same ques-
tion if any mem.ber who has not spoken desires the floor,
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no more than twice on the same subject under the same
motion, no longer than ten minutes unless his time shall be
extended by the Conference, except as provided in Rule 37.
This ten-minute limit may be reduced by a majority vote
of the Conference at any time, and for any period of
duration.
Rule 9. Question of High Privilege
A member claiming the floor at any time for what he
believes is a very urgent question of high privilege shall
be allowed to indicate briefly the nature of the question,
and if it be adjudged by the chair to be such, he may
proceed at his pleasure or until the chairman judges that
he has exhausted his privilege. (See Plan of Organization,
div. VI, sec. A, subs. 4a.)
Rule 10. Voting Area of Conference
Only delegates within the area of the Conference when
the vote is taken shall be entitled to vote. All delegates with-
in the area at the time a question is put shall vote, except
such as shall have been excused for special reasons by the
Conference.
Rule 11. Voting Procedure
Voting shall be by a show of hands unless otherwise
ordered by the Conference. An "aye" and "nay" vote, if
taken, shall be by signed ballot. An "aye" or "nay" vote by
secret ballot may be ordered on call of any member, sup-
ported by one-third of the members present and voting.
A count vote may be ordered on call of any member sup-
ported by one-third of the members present and voting,
in which case the delegates shall rise from their seats and
stand until counted.
No other business shall be in order when a vote is being
taken or when the previous question has been called, until
the process is completed, except such as relates to the vote
itself, or that which can be appropriately fitted into the
time while waiting for the report of the secretaries on a
count vote, or an "aye" or "nay" vote. The count shall be
made by the Committee of Tellers as appointed and assigned
by the Secretary of General Conference.
Rule 12. Division of Question
Before a vote is taken any delegate shall have the right
to call for a division of any question, if it is subject to
such division as he indicates. If no delegate objects, the
division shall be made; but if there is objection, the chair
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shall put the question of division to vote, not waiting for
a second.
Rule 13. Vote by Orders
The ministerial and lay delegates shall deliberate as one
body; but upon a call, by motion of any delegate, seconded
by another delegate of the same order and supported by
one-third of the members of that order voting, the minis-
terial and lay delegates shall vote separately. But when
the Conference votes by orders, no measure shall be passed
without the concurrence of a majority of both classes of
delegates. In cases of such a vote the order calling for it
shall vote first; provided, however, that the Conference
may not vote by orders on a proposed amendment to the
Constitution. {Discipline, ^ 64-66.)
IV. BUSINESS PROCEDURE
Rule 14. Motion for Adoption of Reports and
Resolutions Unnecessary
Whenever a report of a committee signed by the chair-
man and secretary thereof, or a resolution signed by two
or more members of the Conference, shall be presented
to the Conference for its action, it shall be deemed in
proper order for consideration by the Conference without
the formality of a motion to adopt, and a second thereto.
Rule 15. Required Forms for Reports,
Resolutions, Motions, Amendments
All resolutions and committee reports shall be presented
in triplicate; and, when requested by the Secretary, mo-
tions, including amendments, shall be presented in writing.
Rule 16. Reading of Reports and Resolutions
All resolutions, committee reports, and communications
to the Conference shall be read by the Secretary except as
otherwise provided in Rule 34.
Rule 17. Alterations of Motions, etc.
When a motion is made and seconded, or a resolution is
introduced and seconded, or a committee report is read, or
is published in the Daily Christian Advocate, it shall be
deemed to be in possession of the Conference, and may not
be altered except by action of the Conference. (See Rule
33.)
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Rule 18. Undebatable Motions
The following motions shall be acted upon without de-
bate:
(1) To adjourn, when unqualified, except to adjourn the
Conference finally.
(2) To suspend the rules.
(3) To laj^ on the table, except as provided in Rule 37.
(4) To take from the table.
(5) To call for the previous question.
(6) To reconsider a non-debatable motion.
(7) To limit or extend the limits of debate.
(8) To call for the orders of the day.
Rule 19. Rights of the Main Question
The main question may be opened to debate under the
following motions: to adopt, to commit or refer, to sub-
stitute, to postpone, and to reconsider. No new motion,
resolution, or subject shall be entertained until the one
under consideration shall have been disposed of except as
provided in Rule 11. The foregoing does not apply to sec-
ondary motions if otherwise allowable in the existing par-
liamentary situation.
Rule 20. Precedence of Secondary Motions
If any one or more of the following motions shall be
made when one or more other motions are pending, the
order of their precedence in relation to one another shall
be the same as the order of their listing below :
(1) To fix the time to which the Conference shall ad-
journ. (This motion is subject to amendment, or
it may be laid on the table.)
(2) To adjourn.
(3) To take recess.
(4) To order the previous question.
(5) To lay on the table.
(6) To limit or extend the Hmits of debate.
(7) To postpone to a given time.
(8) To commit or refer.
(9) To amend or to substitute (one amendment being
allowed to an amendment) .
(10) To postpone indefinitely.
Rule 21. Tabling Related Motions
No motion which adheres to another motion, or has
another motion adhering to it, can be laid on the table by
itself. Such motions, if laid on the table, carry with them
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the motions to which they respectively adhere, or which
adhere to them.
Rule 22. Referring Reports, etc.
It shall be in order for the Conference to refer to a
committee a section or part of a report or resolution which
is before the Conference for consideration, or any amend-
ment offered thereto.
Rule 23. Procedure for Consideration of Substitutes
When a resolution or committee report is properly be-
fore the Conference for consideration and action, even if
amendments thereto are pending, a substitute therefor may
be offered by any member moving that the same be sub-
stituted for the report or resolution under consideration.
The Conference shall then proceed first to perfect the
original report or resolution, including consideration and
action upon any amendments which may be offered to it.
The same perfecting process shall then be followed with
respect to the substitute. The question shall then be put
first on the motion to substitute, followed by the motion
to adopt the report or resolution; provided, however, that
the motion for the previous question shall not be in order
on the adoption of the report or recommendation or on
making the proposed substitution until opportunity has
been given for at least two members to speak on each side
of the question of substitution or adoption.
Rule 24. Previous Question
When any member moves the previous question (that is,
that the vote be now taken on the motion or motions pend-
ing), he shall indicate to what he intends it to apply, if any
secondary motion or motions are also pending. If he does
not so indicate, it shall be regarded as applying only to the
immediately pending question. This motion shall be taken
without debate, and shall require a two-third-^, vote of those
present and voting for its adoption; and if it is adopted,
the vote shall be taken on the motion or motions to which
it applies without further debate except as provided in
Rule 37. (See also Rules 18, 23, 25.)
Rule 25. Unlawful Motion After Speech
It shall not be in order for a member immediately after
discussing a pending question, and before relinquishing
the floor, to make a motion whose adoption would limit or
stop debate.
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Rule 26. Exceptions to Majority Vote
A majority of those voting, a quorum being present,
shall decide all questions with the following exceptions.
(1) One-third of those present and voting shall suffice
to sustain a call for a count vote in case the decision of
the chair is doubted. (See Rule 11.) A tie vote sustains
the chair (Rule 3).
(2) A call for a vote by orders shall prevail if sustained
by one-third of the members of the order from which the
call came, present and voting. (See Rule 13.)
(3) A two-thirds vote shall be required to sustain a mo-
tion to suspend (Rule 39) or amend (Rule 40) the rules;
to sustain a motion for the previous question (Rule 24) ;
to set aside a special order; to consider a special order
before the time set therefor; to sustain the request of the
Committee on Courtesies and Privileges for the presenta-
tion of any person after the sixth day of the General
Conference.
(4) A two-thirds vote shall be required to approve a
proposal for a constitutional amendment. (Discipline, H^
64-66.)
Rule 27. Reconsideration .
A motion to reconsider an action of the Conference shall
be in order at any time if offered by a member who voted
with the prevailing side. If the motion it is proposed to
reconsider is non-debatable, the motion to reconsider may
not be debated.
Rule 28. Calendars, Regular and Non-Concurrence .
The Secretary shall keep a chronological record of orders
of the day and of reports of committees (see Rule 32),
which record shall be called the Calendar ; and the matters
of business placed on it shall be considered as recommended
by the Committee on Calendar, unless by a two-thirds vote
of the Conference an item is taken up out of its order.
When a committee presents a report on a given subject,
as a part of its report, it must also list the numbers of
all petitions relating to this subject on which the com-
mittee voted non-concurrence.
Rule 29. Motion to Adjourn in Order Except —
The motion to adjourn, when unqualified, shall be taken
without debate, and shall always be in order, except:
( 1 ) When a delegate has the floor.
(2) When a question is actually put, or a vote is being
taken, and before it is finally decided.
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(3) When the previous question has been ordered and
action thereunder is pending.
(4) When a motion to adjourn has been lost, and no
business or debate has intervened.
(5) When the motion to fix the time to v^hich the Con-
ference shall adjourn is pending.
The foregoing does not apply to a motion for final ad-
journment of the Conference.
V. COMMITTEES
Rule 30. Rules of Order of Legislative Committees
The rules of order of the General Conference shall be
observed in meetings of standing legislative committees
in so far as they apply.
Rule 31. Duties and Prerogatives of Committees
As its first v^ork, a committee shall evaluate its petitions,
come to agreements regarding priority, and outline its work
on the basis of those priorities.
When a petition or resolution or any similar item is
referred to one of the several standing legislative com-
mittees, it shall be understood that the whole question
with which the paper has to do is referred to that commit-
tee for such action as it may deem wise. Committees shall
report to the Conference upon all matters referred to them
by the Conference, directly or through the Committee on
Reference. Committee reports on resolutions, petitions, etc.,
shall cite the same, identifying them by numbers they
bear respectively in the published reports of the Committee
on Reference, or in some other suitable manner.
When a committee ascertains that another committee is
or, in its judgment, should be considering a subject which
the former is considering, it shall report the matter to
the Committee on Reference for such adjustment as the
situation may require.
Rule 32. Legislative Committees Report to Secretary
As quickly as material can be prepared, each secretary of
a standing legislative committee shall present a clearly
marked original work copy of the committee's report, signed
by the committee chairman and secretary, to the Secretary
of the Conference. The original work copy shall be marked
with the priority the committee places on that subject. The
Secretary of the Conference shall receive said reports, type
them in triplicate, enter them into the calendar and furnish
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the editor of the Daily Christian Advocate with one of
the copies for pubhcation.
Committee and minority reports which propose changes
in the Discipli^ie shall give chapter, section and paragraph
to be affected and shall be prepared in the following
manner: existing words used as reference points shall be
in quotes ; words to be deleted shall be single-underscored ;
words to be added shall be double-underscored. In publica-
tion of these reports The Daily Christian Advocate shall
substitute italics for single underscoring and boldface for
double underscoring.
Rule 33. Published Reports in Possession of
Conference
Reports submitted by the committee according to the
deadline as announced by the Secretary of the Conference
shall appear in the next day's Daily Christian Advocate.
The report as printed in the Daily Christian Advocate
becomes the official copy, subject only to grammatical or
other obvious editorial changes, and shall be regarded as in
the possession of the Conference. On the day following its
first appearance in the Daily Christian Advocate, or any
time thereafter, a report is in order for consideration at the
pleasure of the Conference. The same rule shall apply to a
report of a minority of any committee signed by one-tenth
of the members of the committee, or by ten members there-
of. (See Rule 17.)
Rule 34. Preparation and Printing of Reports
All committee reports shall be presented to the Secretary
of the Conference in triplicate on paper provided therefor,
and shall bear at the top the name of the committee, its
total membership, the number present at the time the report
was adopted, the number voting for and the number voting
against the report respectively, and the number not voting.
In addition to concurrence or non-concurrence, a committee
may recommend referral to the next General Conference.
Reports of the standing legislative committees shall be
printed in the Daily Christiayi Advocate at least one day
before being presented for consideration by the Confer-
ence, and they shall not be read unless by its order.
Reports of minorities of committees adopted by them
with a view to their being offered as substitutes for com-
mittee reports (see Rule 33) shall likewise conform to
this rule so far as it is applicable, indicating clearly to
what committee the respective minorities belong and for
what reports by serial number, etc., they propose the respec-
tive substitutes.
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Rule 35. Committee Chairman Not in Harmony
with Report
When the chairman of a committee is not in harmony
with a report adopted by the committee, it shall be his
duty to state the fact to the committee, which shall elect
one of its members to represent it in the presentation and
discussion of the report in the Conference; but if, in such
a case, the committee shall fail to select a representative,
the chairman shall designate a member to represent the
committee, and said representatives shall have all the rights
and privileges of the chairman in relation to such report.
Rule 36. Presentation of Report of Minority
A member selected by the signers of a report of a minori-
ty of a committee (see Rule 33) to present the same shall
have the same rights and privileges in relation thereto
which belong to the chairman in the presentation of the
regular (majority) report of the committee, except that he
may not present said minority report until the majority
report has been presented, and shall then offer it as a
substitute therefor, and except, further, that in closing the
debate on the question of making the substitution the
member presenting the minority report shall speak firot
and the chairman last. (See Rule 23.)
Rule 37. Speakers For and Against
When the report of a committee is under consideration,
it shall be the duty of the presiding officer to ascertain,
when he recognizes a member of the Conference, on which
side he proposes to speak; and he shall not assign the
floor to any member proposing to speak on the same side
of the pending question as the speaker immediately preced-
ing if any member desires to speak on the other side
thereof.
Except for undebatable motions, no report shall be
adopted or question relating to the same decided without
opportunity having been given for at least two speeches
for and two against the said proposal, provided that right
is claimed before the chairman or duly authorized membsr
representing the committee's report or the minority report,
if there be such, is presented to close the debate.
When all have spoken Vv'ho desire to do so, or when (and
after) the previous question has been ordered, the chairman
or/and duly authorized member or members presenting the
committee's report (and the minority report if there be
one) shall be entitled to speak before the vote is taken.
This right of the chairman and/or other member or
members to close the debate shall prevail in like manner
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to a limit of five minutes when a vote is about to be taken
on a motion to amend, to substitute, to postpone, to refer,
or to lay on the table or any other motion v^^hose adoption
would vitally affect the report under consideration; pro-
vided, that this five-minute limit shall not apply to a motion
to substitute a minority report (see Rule 33) for a regular
(majority) report of a committee.
Rule 38. Effective Date
All actions of the General Conference of The United
Methodist Church shall become effective upon the final ad-
journment of the session of the General Conference at
which they are enacted, unless otherwise specified, except
as provided in ^ 631.21 of the Discipline.
VI. SUSPENDING, AMENDING, AND
SUPPLEMENTING
Rule 39. Suspension of Rules
The operation of any of the provisions of the Plan of
Organization or of these Rules of Order may be suspended
at any time by a two-thirds vote of the Conference. (See
Rule 26, subs. 3.)
Rule 40. Amending Rules
The Plan of Organization and these Rules of Order may
be amended or changed by a two-thirds vote of the Con-
ference; provided the proposed change or amendment has
originated in the Committee on Plan of Organization and
Rules of Order, or has been presented to the Conference
in writing and referred to this committee, which commit-
tee shall report thereon not later than the following day.
(See Rule 26, subs. 3.)
Rule 41. Robertas Rules of Order,
Supplemental Authority
In any parliamentary situation not clearly covered by the
Plan of Organization or these Rules of Order, the General
Conference shall be governed in its action by the current
edition of Robert's Rules of Order.
Rule 42. Persons Without Right to
Make or Second Motions
A person seated in the Conference with the right to speak,
but without vote, does not have the right to make a motion
or second motions.
THE
EPISCOPAL
ADDRESS
Delivered by Bishop F. Gerald Ensley on Monday
morning, April 17, 1972, for the Council of
Bishops of The United Methodist Church
Mr. Chairman, Members of the General Conference of 1972,
and Friends :
The passing of the weeks has brought us to the quadren-
nial session of the General Conference. Since our meeting
in 1968, 17 bishops of The United Methodist Church have
entered into the service of the Church Eternal :
Newell S. Booth Juan E. Gattinoni
Benjamin I. Guansing Raymond J. Wade
Matthew W. Clair, Jr. Odd Hagen
Wilbur E. Hammaker George Edward Epp
W. Y. Chen Raymond L. Archer
Herbert Welch Glenn R. Phillips
Walter C. Gum J. Ralph Magee
James C. Baker Everett W. Palmer
Costen J. Harrell
It is not hard to praise these men, for they were famous.
They were among them the father of the Wesley Foundation
movement, the executive of the great Church-wide crusades
following World War II, the son and namesake of one of the
first black general superintendents, the longest-lived bishop
in the memory of the Church, a president of the World
Methodist Council, global statesmen who served in China,
Korea, Argentina, Scandinavia, Africa, the Philippines,
South-East Asia, not to mention the Alaskan frontier, and
one of the stalwarts of the Evangelical United Brethren
Church. They were not only brothers beloved but sought
for in the councils of the Church. The classic words of
Ecclesiasticus seem almost to have been written in their
honor :
Men like them maintain the fabric of the world,
The handiwork of their craft was their prayer.
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GROWING TOGETHER
We are pleased to report that since our last quadrennial
meeting in 1968 The United Methodist Church has grown
steadily together. The Articles of Union of the Evangelical
United Brethren Church and The Methodist Church per-
mitted three quadrenniums — until 1980 — for the assimila-
tion of the annual conferences. Now in 1972 — in one-third
of the time allowed — all the former conferences have been
joined. The EUBs, who because of size have been asked
more completely to sacrifice their identity, have shown a
splendid willingness to yield all that a new and stronger
church plight emerge. Many Methodists have found historic
Methodist essentials, like the emphasis on inner piety and
kindliness of personal relationship in conference affairs,
more convincingly exhibited by their EUB colleagues than
they had known in their own Methodist fellowship. All of
us have profited by the marriage of the two denominations.
No one has really lost by the union and much has been
gained. We wonder now why we did not do it before.
There has been a corresponding drawing together of black
and white Methodists. Granted the pressure of events, there
has been also the constraint of the Christian ideal, one of
the evidences of the Spirit's working. The miracle of union
is taking place, defying the prophets of pessimism. The
Central Jurisdiction has been dissolved. Only four of the
former conferences of that body are in existence. The black
members of clergy and laity have shown their capacity and
willingness at every level to contribute to the Church. We
have had new visions of how good and pleasant it is for
men and women of differing races to dwell together.
We have made great progress through appropriate leg-
islation. The time has come for us to show in our personal
relationship as churchmen that kindly affection toward one
another that we profess, and that basic justice that makes
no distinction in Christ between Jew and Greek, bond and
free, male and female, and to live and work together joy-
fully, from an ungrudging heart!
There has been a drawing together, too, of United Meth-
odism and the Mother of us all, the British Conference. The
General Conference of 1968 voted that the General Con-
ference of United Methodism and the British Conference,
upon parallel action by the British, v/ould exchange mem-
berships. Some of us have been highly privileged to sit in
their Conference as bona fide members. We are happy today
to welcome a delegation who come to us from the homeland
of our church. They are here not as fraternal delegates,
onlookers as it were, but as brothers and sisters, voting
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members and rightful participants, in this Conference. This
marks a milestone in our common history.
The only apparent exception to the centripetal movement
of United Methodism is the increasing autonomy of
churches formerly belonging to the General Conference but
overseas from the United States. Twenty conferences have
withdrawn to join national church bodies or to become in-
dependent denominations. These changes have been effected
through their desire and with this Conference's blessing.
While we are legally separate, they have remained in the
larger Methodist family and have become constituents of the
World Methodist Council, which has grown from 19 to 55
members. This organization has for almost a century kept
the far-flung Methodist family in touch and currently is
represented with other world confessional bodies in Geneva.
PERVASIVE CHANGE
The decisive fact of these days on which the Church's
life has fallen is pervasive change. The whole culture dins
into our ears that we must yield to the demands of a new
age, or break before its inexorable pressures, or retreat
into the limbo of the obsolete. The stress on change orig-
inates, perhaps, in the studies of the scientists, where new
conceptions of the world come daily to birth. Alfred North
Whitehead, probably the profoundest philosopher of science
of our generation, declared in th3 1940's that there was not
a single concept of the Newtonian physics which he had
been taught as truth at Trinity College, Cambridge, that
had not been displaced. The body of basic truth about the
universe is continually changing. The shifts in theory work
themselves out in new industries, and new industries call
new cities into life, and the cities evoke new modes of living.
The world has altered more in the lifetime of most of us
than it did in the 500 years preceding.
The social consequences of scientific change are a threat
to our accustomed ways. Thanks to the new modes of com-
munication, science has made it possible for the underprivi-
leged to see first-hand w^hat the scientifically favored enjoy
and what every human being might have. These visions of
the better beget wants, ''a revolution of expectations." The
have-nots all over the world have awakened, and, encour-
aged by the examples they see, are demanding a different
sort of life. These same powers of communication have
undermined our historic isolation from one another. A uni-
versal society with different mores is emerging. The im-
proved means have worked for a basic equality. As
Napoleon observed two centuries ago, gunpowder makes all
men the same height. The scientific weapons b2came the
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property of the unscientific, who have ways now of enforc-
ing their demands for equality and separate nationhood.
The advances in science make for health and consequent
longer life. Longer life begins overpopulation. Unless the
birth and death-rates change considerably, we are told that
in the next twenty-eight years — by the year 2000 — the
numbers of human beings on the earth will increase more
than the entire population presently living on our planet.
Science, our modern Providence, threatens to become our
Nemesis.
The tremendous changes in technology have multiplied
the power to produce and have released thousands from
agricultural labor. They have moved to the cities, evoking
all the familiar phenomena of urbanization. Two-thirds of
the earth's population, it is said, are now living in metropol-
litan areas. We have before us a prospect of not only cities
but complexes of cities. Whereas the ancient Psalmist cried
in his distress for a city in which he and his fellows might
dwell, the unfortunate of our day will mourn that there is
no countryside in which they may abide. If it be true that
the great traditions of religion belong to the country, the
hardest days, religiously speaking, may be ahead of us.
Indeed, it is the spiritual problems that swift change
evokes that are of the greatest concern to the Christian
faith and to its servant, the Church. Scientific advance
makes for self-sufficiency. Man does not seem to need God
any more. By his increasing technical skills man can shape
his environment and control his destiny. Men have suc-
ceeded by their own efforts in bringing about what no God
had done for His worshippers in thousands of years. Even
many of the time-honored offices of religion are preempted
by Science: we don't seem to need salvation when we have
psychiatry; we don't need priests to bless the fields at the
time of planting, to ensure their fertility, we have tractors ;
and what is the use of prayer for health when you have
penicilhn? Why aspire to heaven when so many heavenly
goods are available on earth? Worldly success has cut the
cords of dependence which leads to the heart of religion.
The omnipresence of change makes for a still more in-
sidious adversary for religion. If everything is changing,
then our moral judgments are transitory, too. The impera-
tives of the Bible no longer hold. For a certain kind of logic
we are no more required to think as the men of the first
century than to adopt their modes of transportation. There
are "points of view" in religion but no knowledge. Hence,
confusion reigns in the moral realm, and no religious faith
that is confused as to its values can be aggressive. In wide
areas of contemporary human experience the Christian
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ethic is frankly regarded as obsolete. Moral relativism is
in the saddle, and there are few value-guides for earnest
and aspiring men in our day.
This moral relativism is very easily transmuted into a
prejudice against the past. If a theory or an object belongs
to the pre-modern it is per se invalid. This is a 7i02u genera-
tion. Age, v^^hich once commended a person, an institution,
or an idea has become a reproach. This worship of the
present seriously damages an historical faith like Christian-
ity which affirms that its deity became flesh 1900 years
ago. That which has always been the strength of Chris-
tianity — its historicity — has to a thoroughly modern mind
become a handicap.
A further effect of social change is intergroup conflict.
The gap widens between youth and age, between the for-
ward and the backward nation. History is farther away.
When we ponder the fact that for both John Wesley and
the Apostle Paul the fastest modes of travel were the horse
and the sailing ship, John Wesley is nearer to St. Paul
than he is to us. The older generation finds it increasingly
difficult to keep up; the elder feels like a stranger and
sojourner even in his own land. Since it is no longer a mat-
ter of reason or intrinsic worth to which we may appeal,
conflict becomes the arbiter of our differences.
No wonder, then, that the note of doom has sounded
increasingly. We are reminded that we are coming to the
close of a mode of life that has hung together for centuries.
The Church, along with the culture that encompasses it,
is making for its end.
Before we permit this oft-cited fact of change to intimi-
date us, however, we might profitably exercise some criti-
cism upon it. Change implies the unchanging. It is a simple
fact of perception that if everything were changing, includ-
ing ourselves, we would never know it. The movement of
the hands of the clock of history is perceptible only against
a permanent dial, a framework of judgment that the mind
brings to it. It is never a question for thoughtful people
whether everything is changing but rather what things are
changeable, what are relative to time and place, and what
things are stable. Just as the appearance of the Washington
Monument in yonder capital is relative to where the observ-
er stands yet also presupposes something objectively there,
so the moral insights of towering saints abide beyond and
in spite of each generation's perspectives.
Further, however new the goods that we enjoy may be,
not all of the evils of our age are of our making. Many
of them are sins that have confronted religious men from
the beginning. Many of our most challenging questions are
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hand-me-downs, modern variants of timeless issues. Yes,
our day is perilous; but life has always been dangerous.
And where did we get the notion that until about fifty
years ago life was "normal?" Do we worry about the seem-
ing irreligiousness of youth? Then read the annals of Yale
University for the year 1800, where a complaint is regis-
tered that not a single student at Yale would admit that he
was a Christian. Do we say that we do not hear the Gospel
from our pulpits any more? Then read the report of Wil-
liam Blackstone, the famed jurist, who in the year 1780
confessed that after hearing every eminent preacher in
London he had not heard a single discourse that had more
Christianity in it than the writings of Cicero, and that he
was never able to discover from what he heard v/hether the
preacher was a follower of Confucius, or of Mahomet, or of
Christ ! These are different times — and in a few important
respects crucially like other times.
GENUINE ACHIEVEMENT
Despite the bewildering tempo of the times the Church
has gone about its work and can report genuine achieve-
ments. In a day when money for religious enterprises is
not easy to find, the claims of God upon our possessions
have been faithfully presented. Since the General Confer-
ence of 1968 adjourned to the present hour The United
Methodist Church has given at a rate of $113 million annu-
ally to benevolences — $450 million a quadrennium ! Included
in this figure are over $7 million collected and disbursed by
the United Methodist Commission for Overseas Relief and
approximately $12 million designated for the Fund for Rec-
onciliation, which has assisted more than 1,100 projects
among the underprivileged of our constituency, not to men-
tion $55 million raised by the Women's Society of Christian
Service. These amounts have been given in addition to the
cost of maintenance of our many churches and local min-
istries, estimated to be $2.5 billion.
The Council of Bishops is fully aware of the criticisms
that may be leveled at statistics of this sort. We realize that
in proportion to what we have, we have not hurt ourselves.
We know that if all United Methodists were to tithe we
would multiply our benefactions several times. Neverthe-
less, even in a day of astronomical figures, 450 million
benevolent dollars deserve more than a sneer. The impulse
to share with others — one of the decisive marks of Chris-
tian discipleship — is alive within the Church.
We are blessed in our operations by lay people of high
devotion and financial competence who not only have led
us in promotion and given liberally themselves, but whose
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integrity is our assurance as we keep and disburse the mon-
ies that have been entrusted to the Church.
We have continued to keep a great program of outreach
and service going. The Board of Missions of The United
Methodist Church has more than 1,500 fulltime mission-
aries and deaconesses in the United States and throughout
the world. While the present missionary force is only a
third of the contingent of 75 years ago, the number of na-
tional workers in the missionary cause has increased ten-
fold. If "to multiply the doers," as Dr. John R. Mott used
to say, is the goal of Christian effort, our missionary endeav-
or has not failed. Christian service and the evangelistic
thrust of World Missions requires continuous support in
terms of personnel and funds. We urge that every congrega-
tion in United IMethodism seek to increase its awareness of
missionary obligation and opportunity and its participation
in doing what our Lord declared His disciples would do as
believers in Him.
Perhaps as significant as its labors is its persistent and
comprehensive education of our people in the meaning of
discipieship. It teaches that we cannot escape our mandate
to preach the Good News to the poor, proclaim liberty to
the captives, give sight to the blind, set free the oppressed,
as well as to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. Our
mission is to use our means for the sake of the disad-
vantaged. Further, missionary endeavor is an aid to the
global mind. Nothing damages parochialism quite so much
as a tour of the missionary installations of the Church. The
Christian community, connected by its nature to peace and
reconciliation, makes no greater contribution than through
its concerned service.
The Women's Society, associated now for a number of
years with the Board of Missions, has been an educator of
the first rank. This fine organization has been celebrating
the centenary of the first woman missionaries to India and
the founding of a school and hospital on the continent of
Asia. In that great land Christian women are coming to
places of leadership in social and political life, as well as
the Church, in consequence of the inspiration and sub-
stantive help of the Women's Society.
The Church has steadily ministered to health and welfare.
It sponsors in varying degrees 338 hospitals, homes for the
aging, and child care agencies. Almost $50 million have
come from local churches and conferences for reduction of
the volume of pain, of which the earth is so full.
To social concerns the Church is growing more sensitive.
We are coming to realize, thanks to the prophets, that the
Gospel has a social dimension. Do not misunderstand. We
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are not saying that the Church increasingly agrees as to
the requirements of the Gospel in contemporary society.
But that the Church should have a concern for the world
in which men live is acknowledged more and more. There
is little defense now for the long-time dictum that the ex-
clusive mission of the Church is to "save souls," or that "you
can't legislate morals," or that "if we could get everybody
to the altar our problems would vanish." We have come to
see some truths better than our fathers : that life is corpor-
ate in its essence — we were born into a society when we
came into the world and social reference is no mere addi-
tive ; that if God is God He is Lord of the state, of the eco-
nomic order, of the schools, as well as of the worshipping
community, and we have an obligation to fulfill His will
institutionally as well as individually; that men act differ-
ently in the social group, hence a society is more than the
simple summation of the individuals who make it up ; that
preventive medicine is as relevant to social ills as bodily
ailments — it is too late to do much about war after the
hostilities have started; that we must not be too pure to
employ power and self-interest for ends that love dictates ;
that a new social order is on the way, and that if churchmen
are committed to do nothing, or merely to sew patches on
the old garment, we shall have an increasingly unChristian
society; and while the Church may not have the whole an-
swer, it is in a favorable position to get controversial issues
up and thought about.
We recognize the social concern in the Church is not an
unmixed blessing. There is as much dogmatism in the pulpit
now on social issues as when orthodoxy was in flower;
there are persons who can give in five minutes a definitive
answer to problems that those who have devoted a lifetime
of study are unsure about; we have congregations whose
sabbath portion is a discussion of the war in Vietnam, or
the latest racial demonstration, or the next election, or the
most recent word from the high priests of ecology, and who
rarely hear the note of personal penitence, or of divine
pardon, or of holiness of life, or of the world to come. Never-
theless, we should be grateful for the freedom of the pulpit
bought by those daring to exercise it.
During the last four years the Church has done its work
against the dark backdrop of war. The Bishops' Call for
Peace and Self-Development asks that our people in peni-
tence renounce the practical atheism of armed conflict. We
should perfect programs of development of world resources,
control of population, restraint of nationalism by the sanc-
tion of both justice and international organization with even-
tual disarmament, that the nations may learn war no more.
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We welcome the continued movement toward involvement
in the Universal Church. At practically every ecumenical
level The United Methodist Church has played a role, from
local councils of churches to the World Council of Churches.
It was present at the birth of the Federal Council of
Churches, the predecessor of the present National Council
of Churches. It was a charter member of the current Con-
sultation on Church Union. At the moment the form that
the Great Church shall take has not been revealed. There
appears to be less enthusiasm for one giant administrative
unit. Perhaps the way out is some form of organic plural-
ism, where the families of Christendom retain their identi-
ty, but maintain a closer than a merely federative relation
to one another. At least, there are several norms that we
may observe, besides the practical activities so widely
shared at the moment. We may insist that every union
scheme shall involve unity of membership in the whole body.
It should encompass oneness of ministry: an ordination in
one church shall mean ordination in the whole Church, with
its corollary of complete intercommunion. It shall mean full
and, if necessary, compulsory comity in the location of indi-
vidual congregations and in missionary expansion. If these
ends could be secured the greatest reproaches to our divided
Christendom would be met, and we could trust time and
negotiations between the branches of Christendom to re-
solve the issues of polity.
CAUSES FOR CONCERN
While there are causes for satisfaction in the achieve-
ments of the Church, there are matters, too, of grave con-
cern. Among these are most crucially the considerable drop
in church school attendance. In the last ten years the en-
rollment has fallen 25 percent. College and university min-
istries confess an equally disturbing decline. Many of our
student groups at the state colleges, once our pride, are
but shadows of their former selves. Of course, we recognize
that statistics can be a snare. Certainly increases in num-
bers do not necessarily betoken excellence. But quite as
surely the phenomenon of dwindling numbers is convincing
evidence that all is not well with our ministry to youth. We
must beware of facile diagnoses of our ailments, of course,
such as blaming it on the literature or the mode of organiza-
tion. All things considered we have never enjoyed a higher
quality of literature or instruction in the memory of those
knowledgeable in this phase of the church's work. Notwith-
standing, our numbers are shrinking, and if we are not to
lose a generation of children, education must become again
a basic concern of the Church. Who is to shape the minds of
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the rising generation — the movie producers, the television
programmers, the authors of paperback fiction, or the
spiritual tutors of mankind? Walk around the reported
estimate that the average American family spends four
hours daily before the television screen. Without any judg-
ments as to the moral level of television's offerings, and the
high quality of its technical performance, the TV tube does
not offer the Christian interpretation of life, either in intent
or actuality. A generation fed solely on such fare will not
be spiritual giants on the morrow. This General Conference
should not strike its tents until it has fashioned a program
or engendered enthusiasm for retrieving the educational
ground that has been lost. Our mandate is the same as of
old — to go and teach all nations, including all ages, all
classes, the meaning and glory of the Christian way.
There are proposals before us for the restructuring of
boards and agencies. As we engage in such activity we are
always in danger of surrender to the fallacy of structure.
Reacting to the jaunty notion that structure is not impor-
tant we may fly to the other extreme and act as though
structure in itself guarantees life, new spirit. There is be-
fore the Conference a scheme for adoption. It goes consider-
ably beyond what was envisaged by the Joint Committee of
Church Union for a commission to complete at board levels
the work achieved to bring the two churches together. It
will be the responsibility of this Conference to evaluate
the plan presented. We are confident that the General Con-
ference will consider several alternatives and combinations
of alternatives for the structure of the Church.
A concern of a different kind is the rise of power-groups
in our society. They are creatures of the revolutionary days
through which we are living. Bold and resourceful men
have discovered that a group, even small in numbers, with
power tactics and en bloc voting and without inhibition
about making a nuisance of itself, and willing to persist de-
spite adverse public opinion, cannot only draw attention to
its cause but multiply its practical effectiveness by ten, Un-
dergirded by the notion that the way out for society is
relatively simple, and that force is the ultimate decision-
maker, such groups have sallied forth to capture control of
their society. In the last ten years such bands, when not
gaining overt control, have leveled their societies by their
violence. This viable success has been so great in political
life that its philosophy, if not its tactics, has invaded the
church, the school, and the higher institutions of our life.
The caucus, however, when employed by responsible per-
sons can serve usefully in a changing time. It can sensitize
the majority to keenly felt but unexpressed needs. It can
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remind the majority of its unconscious hypocrisies and in-
justices. It can help to bring social forces into balance. In
this quadrennium the Council of Bishops has met with
caucuses of youth and ethnic minorities for mutual enlight-
enment and enlarged goodwill.
One of the great needs of The United Methodist Church
at this hour is men and women who have the luell-being of
the Church as a ivhole as their first loyalty.
For there is no reason in history to suppose that the
Church and its divisions are exempt from the universal
law, expressed by our Lord in Matthew's Gospel, that "a
house divided against itself shall not stand."
Another problem of still different variety is that occa-
sioned by our institutions. There is no church in the world
with a finer cluster of colleges, hospitals, and homes for
the dependent young and old than The United Methodist
Church. But the Church in many cases finds them increas-
ingly costly to finance. They are forced to go beyond the
circle of the Church to find support, and then the principle
begins to come into play that he who pays the fiddler calls
the tune. Often the tune is not devotional! The justification
of church-related institutions is that they be Christian.
What is our policy to be? Some would say we should
assume the support of the institutions and tighten our con-
trol. Others would say that we should turn them free, per-
mitting the Church to become emeritus. Still others would
argue for a servant rather than a managerial relationship,
such as providing chaplaincies, auxiliary assistance, and
the like.
We do not claim to have the answer. But could not this
Conference come to grips with the issue? How many of
our annual conferences are in bafflement as to what their
role vis-a-vis their institutions ought to be! These confer-
ences desire — and deserve — guidelines for policy. There are
few in a Conference like this but who have received benefits,
sometimes beyond our power to repay. Not a few of us have
a stake in them by reason of long-time service and benev-
olence. Christian institutions aim to develop a life rather
than merely a healthy body or a sharper mind. They create
a climate where Christian morality can thrive. Educational-
ly, by their idealism they build an intolerance of mediocrity,
ethical as well as cultural. In a mass society they foster a
concern for individuals. Could the General Conference of
the Church not come to our help at least with instruction
as to what we should do in these days so decisive for our
institutions' future?
A perennial concern of the episcopacy is, of course, the
ministry. For the moment it seems as though the number of
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men and women offering themselves is adequate. For one
thing, the number of churches has declined. In the last
decade the pastoral appointments have dropped more than
6 percent, while the number of pastors has increased almost
10 percent. The decline in the aggregate of appointments is
not as ominous as it would appear. It is a part of the same
broad social force that is putting country schools out of
business. Just as the decline in country school statistics,
however, does not mean the end of learning, so the closing
or merger of small churches does not in itself spell the end
of piety. But while the decrease in churches and the increase
of clergy are not decisive, still, the number of good ministers
of Jesus Christ is not greater than it has ever been. Men
of skilled compassion, moved by the desire to minister rath-
er than to be ministered to, are in short supply, as they
probably always will be.
We witness in the ministry what is called in the jargon
of urban sociology "the flight to the suburbs" — and from
two directions. One is the departure out of the city of fine
citizens, leaving grand old buildings stranded, without ade-
quate support and resourceful leadership. We have faithful
priests staying with dwindling congregations. But this con-
tinuance in many cases is taxing the resources of other
churches to sustain a ministry to small numbers.
There is another flight to the suburbs that is quite as
full of significance. It is as much a spiritual matter as of
bread-and-butter support. There is a strand of clerical
psychology which looks on ministry to the small town and
country as a consolation prize. There are men in our min-
istry who regard appointment to a small town as a demo-
tion, even though size of congregation and financial compen-
sation may be greater than might be had in the city. We
must not, however, forget the heroic labors of men in our
ministry who serve large circuits uncomplainingly and
bring to underprivileged communities the hope of the Gos-
pel. Our situation calls for a deeper pastoral devotion of
all our ministry to men and women for God's sake, whether
they worship on the city square or at a crossroads.
CHRISTIAN FAITH ON THE DEFENSIVE
Perhaps the deepest concern of all is the decline of Chris-
tian belief during our time. It is the root of our other mal-
adies. We give less, because we are not convinced that reli-
gion really matters. Attendance is down, because we are
not so sure as in other days that anything significant really
happens at church. There are antipathies in our congrega-
tions and unchristian conduct among churchmen because,
really, "you lose out in a world like ours if you are Chris-
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tian." If there is a lack of sacrifice in our ministry, well,
the scheme of things does not seem to favor devotion.
We live in a time when the Christian faith is on the
defensive. We find it harder to believe than our fathers did.
Probably not for centuries has the witness of Christian
people on ultimate questions been so hesitant and uncer-
tain. Most men want to believe in something worthy of
belief, but they do not seem to find it in Christianity. Prob-
ably the urge to love one's human neighbor is as strong as
ever, but for hosts of church members the vertical dimen-
sion has all but dropped out. There seems to be no longer a
settled framework whose reality we can be sure of and
which gives us stability and constancy of direction. We are
told that there are still people who think God exists, and
some who don't, and it is impossible to tell who is right,
but, after all, does it really matter? There are hundreds of
wistful skeptics in our churches. They would like to have
the certainties of our fathers, but in the honesty of their
hearts they do not have them. They are not bad people.
Many of them "exhibit every Christian virtue, except faith,"
and some of them are ministered to by those with only a
modicum of faith to share.
Now this situation is not the consequence of the Gospel's
disproof. There is no evidence that God has ceased to be.
If God — the Source of life and the Sustainer of existence —
were really dead we would not be here to talk about it.
Our civilization is a doubting Thomas on religion not be-
cause there is no evidence for theistic belief; in our busy-
ness and this-worldly concern we simply have let belief fade
out. The atmosphere of our way of life has infected us. We
defer excessively to current fashions of thinking. We sell
out to novelties and curiosities. We relish the gifts which
science has brought, and are as hard put to answer the
question directed to the Bishop of Woolwich as he was,
"What have you as a Christian to offer me as an atheist,"
said a critic, "that I do not already have?" We surrender
to naturalism, the theory that nature and its laws are all
there is, or explain all, or are all that really count. Sense-
knowledge is the primary form of knowledge; the deliver-
ances of conscience are, therefore, "nonsense." The methods
of the natural sciences are the only reliable instrument for
distinguishing what is valid from what is not.
But, perhaps most of all, we Americans at least, are not
a reflective people. We have never thoroughly and systemat-
ically faced ultimate problems. When a college professor,
for instance, in recent years said that God is dead, the
faithful met the onslaught with what Borden Parker Bowne
referred to as "a volley of shudders." We almost never bring
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seriously to question the modern standpoint. With our con-
temporaries we assume it. Indeed, we sometimes act as
though the sign of maturity is that we can cherish moral
ambiguities. It is hard to present a supernatural faith to
a naturalistically minded age; it is doubly hard when the
evangelist himself is doubtful.
Do not misunderstand. For all its faults, this is a better
world than that in which Christianity first made its way.
One of the miracles of our day is the host of devoted men
and women of every race and nation who find in Christ
the Lord of life. In a world which discourages us with its
bigness, its cruelty, and its suffering, there are many who
still cherish Christ in their hearts. There are stirrings in
our young people that are prophetic of better things. We
cannot forget when prompted to brood over the failings
of the time the sensitiveness of Christians to social needs
far surpassing our fathers. Notwithstanding, there is a
slow attrition of Christian belief that must become a first
concern. The supply of Christian motivation is running pre-
cariously low. Our prayer should be that of the man of the
New Testament, "We believe ; help thou our unbelief."
Granted that we cannot demonstrate the truth of the
Christian Gospel, neither can any one show it to be ground-
less. (Indeed, among the thoughtful there is as much dis-
illusionment with the secular creed as the Christian faith. )
Admittedly, to claim that we can prove the existence of God
is too much, but to say that it is merely an hypothesis is
too little. Faith is one of those life-determining options
whose certainty can be celebrated only by the faithful at
the end of the journey. Our task as a Christian body is so
to present and to exemplify the Christian ideal that men
will feel it to be true, as well as good, and live for it as
earnestly as for material ends, and until the life experience
has had the opportunity to verify itself.
REGAINING CHRISTIAN CONVICTION
What can we do to regain Christian conviction? First,
we can conceive the Christian Gospel once more as it has
been in the days of its greatest strength — as a redemptive
faith. It was originally a response of grateful men to God's
saving concern. It must be so again. For the reconception
of the message we need the assistance of our theologians.
They have given us excellent expositions of natural theol-
ogy, which is basic. They have offered us cogent formula-
tions of social theology, of the imperatives of the Gospel
for the political and economic order. We need also a state-
ment convincing to modern men that ours is a redemptive
universe. God not only creates ; He saves. He also has pro-
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vided means for the overcoming of evil and the recovery of
blessedness. We need not only a theology of Genesis I, and
of the prophet Amos, but of Luke 15, the finding of the
lost.
This does not mean that we resign from the social em-
phasis. The redemption of society is an important chapter
in the chronicle of redemption. Traditional evangelism was
right in its strategy of changing the individual. Its fault
vv^as that it did not change him enough. It made him, per-
haps, a reader of the Bible, a faithful attendant at church
and a more loving husband and father. But it did not always
change his views as a citizen, or his practices as an em-
ployer, or as an investor of wealth, or as a neighbor. It is
fatuous to talk about redemption of men unless we can save
them from the wars that destroy them, from the ghettoes
that fetter them, from the ideals of mammon that seduce
thsm. We need a convincing theology, without the obscur-
antisms and medievalism, that will move men to repentance
and inspire a victory over the things that are spoiling both
our individual and collective lives. The Church will not be
renewed by lectures of theism, though these have their place.
The altars of the Church have been filled with seekers when
she was able to convince them that God was in Christ, recon-
ciling His children to Himself. We must see the redemptive
task again as basic and build it upon a world-view that
requires it.
Secondly, we may engage in a more intensive study of the
Bible. The Scripture is the soul of Christianity. Even if the
Church were destroyed and Christianity as an organized
movement ceased to be, if the Bible were preserved, its
record of divine love would in time generate another Chris-
tianity. But if the Bible ever were to be abandoned, Chris-
tianity will be done for. A first task in the recovery of the
Christian faith is a widespread study of the Bible by the
rank and file of Christian people.
We have not yet explored in depth the possibility of a
corporate study of the Scriptures. Suppose that some year
The United Methodist Church would earnestly study as a
body the Gospel of Luke, or the Letter to the Romans, or
the mighty canvass of the final victory of faith, the theme
of the Book of Revelation. Suppose it were done under the
tutelage of its ministry, and the parish ministers under
the leading of their superintendents and bishops. God only
knows what such a study might bring in increased loyalty,
gladness, and religious creativity to the membership of the
Church.
Once more, the Church must invite men and women to
commitment. To proclaim the Gospel is a minimum; we
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must seek also for acceptance. We are aware that what
was once the practice of the Church has fallen into disfavor.
We have said that modern people do not want to be censured
for their sins and urged to come to Jesus. One wonders
sometimes, however, if men are not more willing to respond
than the Church to invite. Certainly the Master did not
hesitate to ask men to follow him, and his great apostle
affirmed that we m.ake full proof of our ministry when we
do the work of an evangelist. The offer of redemption
through Christ opens the door to those who might not other-
wise come, and it blesses with increased ardor those who
extend the invitation.
It is to be hoped that this Conference will feel moved to
join other communions in this land in the program of "Key
'73" and with other members of the world-wide Methodist
family in their emphasis culminating on evangelism, and
ending in 1975.
On the occasion of the bicentennial of Wesley's birth,
Woodrow Wilson, then president of Princeton University,
was asked to lecture at Wesleyan University on "John
Wesley's Place in History." The future President of the
United States responded with one of the most perceptive
addresses of his career. Wesley lived, he told his hearers,
in an age of great vitality, when England was both engaged
in feverish expansion of its domains overseas and yet still
caught in the toils of her great constitutional revolution, a
time also when a galaxy of literary men held court — Pope,
Goldsmith, Burke, Hume, Adam Smith, Gibbon, Cowper,
Burns, and Samuel Johnson — a time when the terrific
earthquake in France was sending its tremors before, and
the mighty Industrial Revolution was being born. Into this
age Wesley came — not to create life ; it was full of that — but
to summon it to consciousness. As Wilson put it, "The eight-
eenth century was not dead ; it was not even asleep it was
only confused, unorganized, without authoritative leader-
ship in matters of faith . . . uncertain of its direction. . .
The time was ready and cried out for a spiritual revival."
Wesley spoke, "and men's spirits responded, leaped at the
message and were made wholesome as they comprehended
it. It was a voice for which they had waited though they
knew it not ... It was the voice of the century's longing
found in the mouth of this one man." And Wilson adds that
the great impulse of humane feeling v/hich marked the
closing years of the century — the reform of prisons, the
abolition of slavery, the establishment of missionary socie-
ties, the philanthropies and legislative measures that were
to lift the lot of the poor — in no small way occurred because
a little Oxford don, with cap and bands and a warmed heart,
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went everywhere trying as he phrased it, "by the grace of
God to beget, preserve and increase the life of God in the
souls of men."
The parallels between the needs of our time and Wesley's
should not be lost.
May this General Conference be a servant of the same
high purposes. And may the good God bless us with a tithe
of his success !
Signed :
Arthur J. Moore
J. Waskom Pickett
William C. Martin
James H. Straughn
Shot K. Mondol
Clement D. Rockey
Fred P. Corson
W. Earl Ledden
W. Angie Smith
Paul E. Martin
Paul N. Garber
Willis J. King
Charles W. Brashares
John A. Subhan
Lloyd C. Wicke
John Wesley Lord
Marvin A. Franklin
Roy H. Short
Richard C. Raines
Marshall R. Reed
H. Clifford Northcott
Hazen G. Werner
Gerald H. Kennedy
Donald H. Tippett
Jose L. Valencia
Sante Uberto Barbieri
Frederick B. Newell
Edgar A. Love
Edwin E. Voigt
F. Gerald Ensley
Friedrich Wunderlich
Reuben H. Mueller
Harold R. Heininger
Prince A. Taylor, Jr.
Eugene M. Frank
Nolan B. Harmon
Ralph E. Dodge
Mangal Singh
Gabriel Sundaram
J. Gordon Howard
Hermann W. Kaebnick
Paul M. Herrick
W. Maynard Sparks
Fred G. Holloway
W. Ralph Ward
James K. Mathevn^s
O, Eugene Slater
W. Kenneth Pope
Paul V. Galloway
Aubrey G. Walton
Kenneth W. Copeland
Ralph T. Alton
Edwin R. Garrison
T. Otto Nall
Charles F. Golden
Noah W. Moore, Jr.
James W. Henley
Paul Hardin, Jr.
J. Owen Smith
Paul W. Milhouse
Pedro Zottele
W. Kenneth Goodson
Edward J. Pendergrass
H. Ellis Finger, Jr.
Earl G. Hunt, Jr.
D wight E. Loder
Thomas M. Pryor
Francis E. Kearns
Lance Webb
W. McFerrin Stowe
R. Marvin Stuart
James S. Thomas
John Wesley Shungu
ESCRIVAO A. Zunguze
Harry P. Andreassen
S. Trowen Nagbe
A. J. Shaw
Franz W. Schaefer
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L. Scott Allen
Paul A. Washburn
C. Ernst Sommer
Alsie H. Carleton
D. Frederick Wertz
Roy C. Nichols
A. James Armstrong
William R. Cannon
Abel T. Muzorewa
Cornelio M. Ferrer
Paul L. A. Granadosin
R. D. JosHi
Joseph R. Lance
Eric A. Mitchell
Federico J. Pagura
Armin Haertel
OLE E. Borgen
Bishops of The United Methodist Church
JOURNAL
OF THE
1972 GENERAL CONFERENCE
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
FIRST DAY, SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 1972
EVENING SESSION
Holy Communion
The Service of Holy Communion was celebrated at 7:30 p.m. in
the Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia. The Sacrament vi^as administered
by the Council of Bishops with the active participation of the several
Jurisdictional Colleges of Bishops and representative Bishops of The
United Methodist Church overseas.
The Judicial Council joined the Council of Bishops in the proces-
sional.
The ministry of music was provided by the Clark College Choir
under the direction of Prof. Calvin B. Grimes.
The organist was Mr. John Dressier, Minister of Music, Peachtree
Road United Methodist Church, Atlanta, Georgia.
In charge of the ushering were Dr. Eugene Drinkard and Dr.
Jonathan Jackson of Atlanta, Georgia.
This service is the Alternate Ritual for Holy Communion prepared
under the direction of the Commission on Worship of The United
Methodist Church.
The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper — Order of Service
Prelude — "Fantasia in A Minor" J. S. Bach
Greeting Bishop Paul Hardin, Jr.,
Columbia Area
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.
Amen.
The Risen Christ is with us!
Praise the Lord!
Hymn of Praise— "HOLY, HOLY, HOLY! LORD GOD AL-
MIGHTY!"
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee;
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty;
God in three persons, blessed Trinity!
Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee,
Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,
Which wert, and art, and evermore shall be.
Holy, holy, holy ! Though the darkness hide thee.
Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see;
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Only thou art holy ; there is none beside thee,
Perfect in power, in love, and purity.
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All thy works shall praise thy name in earth and sky and sea;
Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty;
God in three persons, blessed Trinity ! Amen.
Confession and Pardon
When we gather to praise God, we remember that we are his
people who have preferred our wills to his. Accepting his power to
become new persons in Christ, let us confess our sin before God
and one another.
Eternal Father, we confess that often we have failed to be an obe-
dient Church:
we have not done your will,
we have broken your law,
we have rebelled against your love,
we have not loved our neighbors ;
we have not heard the cry of the needy.
Forgive us, we pray.
Free us for joyful obedience,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Hear the good news: "Christ died for us while we were yet sinners;
that is God's own proof of his love toward us."
In the name of Jesus Christ you are forgiven !
In the name of Jesus Christ you are forgiven!
Glory to God. Amen.
Act of Praise — "Gloria Patri"
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world
without end. Amen, Amen.
Prayer for Illumination Bishop Paul A. Washburn
Minnesota Area
Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy
Spirit, that as the Scriptures are read and the Word proclaimed,
we may hear with joy what you say to us today. Amen.
First Scripture Lesson — Mark 14:22-26
Anthem — "Rejoice My Soul" Milli Balakireff
Clark College Choir, Atlanta
Second Scripture Lesson — I Corinthians 1:4-24
Bishop Joseph R. Lance
Lucknow Area
Sermon Bishop Charles W. Brashares
Retired
Affirmation Bishop John Wesley Shungu
Zaire (Congo) Africa
We believe in God:
Who has created and is creating,
who has come in the true man, Jesus,
to reconcile and make new,
who works in us and others by his Spirit.
We trust him.
He calls us to be in his Church:
to celebrate his presence,
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to love and serve others,
to seek justice and resist evil,
to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen,
our judge and our hope.
In life, in death, in life beyond death,
God is with us.
We are not alone.
Thanks be to God.
Prayers for Others Bishop W. Kenneth Pope
Dallas-Fort Worth Area
Let us pray:
That the world may live in peace, and that the Church may
achieve unity, fulfilling its service here and everyw^here :
This is our prayer.
That all ministers and teachers in the Church may be faithful
servants of the gospel, leading others into its way of life and
strengthening their faith :
This is our prayer.
That the leaders of this nation and of the world may govern with
justice and mercy:
This is our prayer.
That all our work may be done for the common good; that it be
done in safety; and that all may be spared from grinding toil
which destroys fullness of life :
This is our prayer.
That those who work on frontiers of truth and those who enrich
our lives with beauty and joy may be free to follow their vocations :
This is our prayer.
That those who suffer disease or poverty or loneliness or grief
may be healed and comforted; that those who are oppressed or
persecuted may be strengthened and delivered :
This is our prayer.
That those whom we have known and loved who have died in
the faith may be a glorious memory to us and a source of renewed
fellowship with all the saints :
This is our prayer, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Peace Bishop R. Marvin Stuart
Denver Area
Christ our Lord invites to his table all who love him and who desire
to live in peace with one another. Therefore let us offer each other
signs of reconciliation and love.
The Offering
As forgiven and reconciled people, let us offer ourselves and our
gifts to God.
Anthem — "Let Us Break Bread Together"
Wayne Howorth
Clark College Choir
Thanksgiving —
Bishop Roy C, Nichols and Bishop W. Kenneth Goodson
Pittsburg Area Birmingham Area
The Lord is with you.
And with you also.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give him thanks and praise.
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Father, it is right that we should always and everywhere give
you thanks and praise.
Only you are God.
You created all things and called them good.
You made us in your own image.
Even when we rebelled against your love,
you did not desert us.
You delivered us from captivity,
made covenant to be our God and King,
and spoke to us through your prophets.
Therefore, we join the entire company of heaven
and all your people now on earth
in worshiping and glorifying you :
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
We thank you, Father,
that you loved the world so much
you sent your only Son to be our Savior.
The Lord of all life came to live among us.
He healed and taught men,
ate with sinners,
and won for you a new people by water and the Spirit.
We saw his glory.
Yet he humbled himself in obedience to your will,
freely accepting death on a cross.
By dying, he freed us from unending death ;
by rising from the dead, he gave us everlasting life.
On the night in which he gave himself up for us,
the Lord Jesus took bread.
After giving you thanks,
he broke the bread,
gave it to his disciples, and said:
Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you.
When the supper was over,
he took the cup.
Again he returned thanks to you,
gave the cup to his disciples, and said:
Drink from this, all of you,
this is the cup of the new covenant in my blood,
poured out for you and many,
for the forgiveness of sins.
When we eat this bread and drink this cup,
we experience anew the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ
and look forward to his coming in final victory.
Christ has died,
Christ is risen,
Christ will come again.
We remember and proclaim. Heavenly Father,
what your Son has done for us
in his life and death,
in his resurrection and ascension.
Accept our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving
in union with Christ's offering for us,
as a reasonable and holy surrender of ourselves.
Send the power of your Holy Spirit on us.
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gathered here out of love for you,
and on these gifts.
Help us know
in the breaking of this bread
and the drinking of this wine
the presence of Christ
who gave his body and blood for mankind.
Make us one with Christ,
one with each other,
and one in service to all mankind.
Through your Son Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit in your Holy Church,
all glory and honor is yours, Father. Amen.
Our Father in heaven,
holy be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today the bread we need.
Forgive us our sins,
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us in the time of trial,
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are j'ours,
now and forever. Amen.
The Breaking of Bread and Taking of the Cup
Bishop Thomas M. Pryor
Chicago Area
Because there is one loaf, we, many as we are, are one body;
for it is one loaf of which we all partake.
When we break the bread, is it not a means of sharing in the
body of Christ?
When we give thanks over the cup, is it not a means of sharing
in the blood of Christ?
The Giving
The body of Christ, given for you.
Amen.
The blood of Christ, given for you.
Amen.
Prayer After Receiving
You have given yourself to us, Lord.
Now we give ourselves for others.
Your love has made us a new people;
as a people of love we will serve you with joy.
Your glory has filled our hearts;
help us to glorify you in all things. Amen.
Hymn — "For the Bread, Which Thou Hast Broken"
For the bread, which thou hast broken,
For the wine, which thou hast poured, . .
For the words, which thou hast spoken,
Now we give thee thanks, O Lord.
By this pledge that thou dost love us.
By thy gift of peace restored,
By thy call to heaven above us.
Hallow all our lives, O Lord.
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With our sainted ones in glory
Seated at our Father's board,
May the Church that waiteth for thee
Keep love's tie unbroken, Lord.
In thy service, Lord, defend us;
In our hearts keep watch and ward ;
In the world where thou dost send us
Let thy Kingdom come, O Lord. Amen.
Benediction Bishop J. Owen Smith
Atlanta Area
Go out in peace to serve God and your neighbor in all that
you do.
We are sent in Christ's name.
The blessing of Almighty God,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
is with you always.
Amen.
POSTLUDE — "Improvisation"
SECOND DAY, MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1972
MORNING SESSION
Opening
The 1972 session of the General Conference of The United
Methodist Church convened in the Civic Center at Atlanta,
Georgia, Monday, April 17, 1972, at 8:30 a.m., with Bishop
Paul Hardin, Jr., of the Columbia Area, Southeastern Juris-
diction, and President of the Council of Bishops, presiding.
Bishop Hardin introduced Carlton R. Young (East Ohio),
General Conference Director of Music, who announced the
hymn, "O, For a Thousand Tongues to Sing." The Con-
ference stood and joined in the singing of the hymn. Bishop
Arthur J. Moore led the Conference in prayer.
Bishop Arthur J. Moore: Let us pray. Eternal God, our Heavenly
Father, at the beginning of this Conference we pause to worship
thee. Thou art the source of our life and the strength of pilgrimage.
Make us aware of thy presence and sensitive to thy will. We pray
that thou will bless and prosper thy people called Methodist around
the world. We pray for those who have authority in government
over us but under thee. Impart to them purity in motive, right judg-
ment in council and fairness in administration in order that their
leadership may promote the establishment of peace and righteousness.
Grant that neither through arrogance begotten of prosperity nor
conceit bred in earthly success that they forget their dependence
upon Thee. Give to thy children throughout the world strength for
dealing with living, courage for every struggle, be with them in their
complexity and success in their labors. We pray for this Conference.
For these thy children here assembled seeking to give leadership to
this part of Thy church, invade our hearts with quietness. Help us in
all our deliberations to look beyond the problems related to these
exciting times and remember that Christ goes before us. Enable us
to be in the way with Christ but never in his way. Help us to remem-
ber those invisible but invincible resources which are ours because
we are thine. Prevent us from pitching our song in a minor key
and help us to believe that Christ goes before us. Help us to remem-
ber those deathless promises of Christ to be with us. Give us a gospel
for this sinful and scornful world; help us to reject the subtle appeal
of secularism, and make us a people whose God is the Lord. Give us
a concern which will make us thirst for living water. Grant that
the gospel we preach will contain not only the reform of the Old
Testament but the redemption of men and society as promised in
the New Testament.
Help us to go to our task not with fear but with faith; not with
crutch and bandage and quenched music but with the sound of
trumpets and marching feet. Make us to be the heralds of the love
of Christ and the diviners and the defenders of those moral and
spiritual convictions which will save us from corruption. Keep us
reverent, humble and open-minded, with sensitive souls attuned to thy
will, and although our heads become gray keep our hearts young.
May thy Spirit guide our thinking to revive our hearts and make
us appear to do thy will. Empower afresh this United Methodist
Church; give us a more tenacious hold upon those everlasting certain-
ties which will make this Conference the birth place of a new spiri-
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tual offensive, and our prayer is in the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ. Amen.
Candler School of Theology Choraliers
Carlton Young presented the Choraliers from Candler
School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia,
who sang two selections for the Conference.
Roll Call— J. Wesley Hole, Secretary
Bishop Hardin recognized J. Wesley Hole, Secretary of
the General Conference, for the roll call.
/. Wesley Hole (Southern California-Arizona) : Bishop Hardin,
members of the General Conference. Our rules require that the roll
shall be called by the Secretary in the following manner: first there
shall be called the names of the bishops who have died since the
adjournment of the preceding General Conference, and likewise the
names of delegates-elect who have died. Would you please stand.
Deceased Bishops:
Bishop Raymond L. Archer, Bishop George Edward Epp, Bishop
Costen J. Harrell, Bishop J. Ralph Magee, Bishop Everett M.
Palmer, Bishop Glenn R. Phillips.
Deceased delegates-elect:
Frederick M. Darrow, John B. F. Williams, Moises Rodriguez.
Deceased reserve delegates :
Austin E. Betterly, John Hansen, Ralph Hays, W. Y. Jenkins,
Jr., Joseph H. Wagner.
Bishop Hardin: Our Father, as we pause for a moment in tribute
of these of our colleagues and friends who have departed this fellow-
ship to enter into a larger fellowship with thee, we give thee grateful
thanks for their lives, for their service and for their devotion to the
Church which we love and serve, and above that, to the Christ who
is our Savior. As we remember them with loving gratitude, we pray
at the same time for those of us who remain, that we may be faithful
to the trust that is ours. In Christ's name we pray. Amen.
/. Wesley Hole: May I say that every effort has been made to
include the names of all who have died since their election. If any
name has been missed, would you please advise us in order that the
list may be complete in the Journal when it is printed. Second, the
record of attendance of delegates and others shall be made in writing
to the Secretary of the General Conference as follows :
The Secretary of the Council of Bishops for the Bishops,
The Secretary of the Judicial Council for that body.
The Chairman of each Conference delegation for its membership.
A blank has been prepared for each delegation for that purpose.
It is in a large envelope on your desk. Instructions are printed on
the blank. Please complete the information, sign the form, and turn
it in to the roll call secretary here on the platform or in the secre-
tary's office. Room 102, as soon as possible. This, Bishop Hardin, will
complete the roll call.
The Secretary of the Council of Bishops reported all
bishops were present with the exception of Bishops
Straughn, W. Angie Smith, Reed, Schaefer, and Werner.
The Secretary of the Judicial Council reported all mem-
bers were present.
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The delegation chairmen reported the following dele-
gates were in attendance:
Agra Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Sisa Masih Sagar
Lay — Ambrose Barnes
Alabama-West Florida Animal Conference (SE)
Ministerial— Charles H. Hildreth, Paul A. Duffey, Joel D. McDavid,
Robert L. Wilson, Ellis R. Dickerson, John E. Vickers
Lay — Roy M. Jordan, Kenneth Cooper, John Creel, Foster Eich,
Harry E. McDavid, Foy Campbell
Angola Annual Conference {OS)
Ministerial — Antonio Filipe de Freitas
Lay — Nobre Pereira Fereira Dias
Baltimore Annual Conference (A^E)
Ministerial — David H. Andrews, Edward G. Carroll, E. William
Hall, Forrest C. Stith, Frank L. Williams, F. Norman Van Brunt,
Laverne E. Rohrbaugh, L. Carroll Yingling, Herbert L. D. Dog-
gett, John B. Jones, Merrill W. Drennan
Lay — Everett Jones, Thurman L. Dodson, Mrs. Helen Wicklein, W.
Carroll Beatty, Carroll D. Bristow, Mary K. Will, Harry K.
Underwood, Theodore E. Schiller, Thomas C. Blickenstaff, Mrs.
Barbara Thompson, Charles L. Mann
Bengal Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Pravash R. Mullick
Lay — Emmanuel Marandi
Bombay Annual Conference {OS)
Ministerial — Justin N. Harris
Lay — Vincent Bengers
California-Nevada Annual Conference {W)
Ministerial — Wilbur W. Choy, Arthur V. Thurman, John V. Moore,
C. Douglas Hayward, Hamilton T. Boswell, Clifford S. Droke,
Robert W. Moon
Lay — Frank Webber, Richard O. Johnson, Grace Catterall, Melvin
Brawn, Olivia Carrell, Glenn O. Booth, J. Everett Walker
Central Alabama Annual Conference {SE)
Ministerial — Charles L. Hutchinson
Lay — Quenton D. Adams
Central Congo Annual Conference {OS)
Ministerial— Emile Museu
Lay — Andre Ukunda
Central Illinois Annual Conference {NC)
Ministerial — Eugene J. Moore, Frank H. Nestler, Harold W. Loyd,
R. Benjamin Garrison, Wayne C. Hess, Robert W. Thornburg,
Dale E. Pitcher, E. Paul Unger, Jack B. North, James K. White
Lay — Lloyd M. Bertholf, Mrs. Ellen Hanna, Reid Tombaugh,
Richard Gantz, Mrs. Charles Galbreath, Walter W. Muller,
Gerald Downie, Charlotte Gurtner
Lay Reserves — George Bolinger, Anna Fox
Central New York Annual Conference {NE)
Ministerial — Robert J. McCune, Robert L. Homer, William R.
Swales, Warren G. Odom
Lay — Robert Mann, Mrs. Howard Totten
Lay Reserves — Mrs. Stanley Robinson, Mrs. Robert McCune
Central Pennsylvania Annual Conference {NE)
Ministerial — Daniel L. Shearer, Paul E. Myers, William F. Woods,
Thomas R. Springman, Martin W. Hopkins, Calvin H. Cole,
Brian A. Fetterman, John B. Howes, Grantas E. Hoopert, Arthur
W. Stambach
Lay— Robert E. Knupp, Paul G. Gilmore, Charles E. Edgar, Earl D.
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Warner, Mrs. Frank W. Ake, Ralph M. Ritter, Harry H. Jacobs,
Jr., Mrs. Thomas J. Hopkins, Kenneth H. Plummer, H. Leroy
Marlow
Central Texas Annual Conference (SC)
Ministerial — William M. Greenwaldt, Eric C. Purnell, Gordon
Dennis, Maggart B. Howell, Sidney Roberts, H. Brown Loyd
Lay— Roy J. Grogan, Morris D. Walker, Mrs. W. V. Bane, Carroll
Wilson, Dr. Alice Wonders, Eldon B. Mahon
Costa Rica Annual Conference {OS)
Lay — Roberto K. Vargas
Czechoslovakia Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Vilem Schneeberger
Lay — Vlastislav Malac
Delhi Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — James Lai
Lay— C. D. S. Newton
Denmark Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Eigil Carlsen
Lay — Frede Johansen
Detroit Annual Conference (NC)
Ministerial — Jesse R. Dewitt, James W. Bristah, James D. Cochran,
Raymond R. Lamb, John E. Marvin, Robert E. Horton, Edward
L. Duncan, John N. Grenfell, Jr., Woodie W. White
Lay — Carl R. Ammennan, Irene Norris, Harold M. Karls, Freda
Spafford, Mary Good, James Ragland, William C. Hitchock, Wil-
liam E. Bright, Lionel Thompson
East Ohio Annual Conference (NC)
Ministerial— Robert W. Kelley, Robert J. Tolbert, Kenneth W. Hulit,
Thomas L. Cromwell, Abraham L. Brandyberry, Robert H.
Courtney, Forrest G. Nees, J. R. Nelson, Charles M. Dailey, Blake
D. Wagner, Calvin R. Myers, Edwin P. Eberly, Paul 0. Mayer
Lay — Mrs. Monroe Cooke, Thomas P. Moore, John Chittum, Francis
M. Glasgow, Melvin Hayes, Francis Lang, Delmar T. O'Hara,
Mrs. Clarence E. Achberger, Albert Robinson, Alfred B. Bonds,
Leonard White, Merritt Clymer, Gene Boyer
Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference (NE)
Ministerial — Mark J. Hostetter, F. Lewis Walley, Edwin L. Ellis,
Henry W. Zehner, George W. Bashore, Henry H. Nichols, War-
ren F. Mentzer, Thomas A. Buttimer
Lay — Mrs. Ruth M. Daugherty, Carlton S. Dodge, Lawton W.
Shroyer, John R. Harper, Harold H. Quickel, William C. Jason,
Jr., Mrs. Reta S. Barto
Lay Reserve — William G. Luff
Florida Annual Conference (SE)
Ministerial — George A. Foster, Robert M. Blackburn, Eugene M.
Zimmerman, Ralph B. Huston, Al A. Hedberg, Millard C.
Cleveland, James L. Knox, John J. Rooks, W. Scott Bozeman,
Walter B. Rutland, Walter N. Kalaf
Lay — William A. Meadows, Richard V. Moore, Percy B. Revels,
Olive E. Watson, O. B. Fanning, Ethel M. Gray, Robert T. Mann,
Ray L. Redstone, William S. Hughlett, Alfred B. Blackburn,
Mrs. H. V. Weems, Edd W. Gentry
Ministerial Reserves — C. Durward McDonell, Hector Navas*
Lay Reserve — Harry L. Burney, Jr.
Georgia Annual Conference (SE)
Ministerial — Anderson C. Epps
Lay— T. R. Wilson
Annual Conference of German Democratic Republic (OS)
* Former E.U.B. Jurisdictional Reserve seated in place of a former E.U.B. prin-
cipal delegate.
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Ministerial — Gerhard Havemann, Herbert Gotz
Lay — Karl-Heinz Enke, Harry Schneidereit
Gujarat Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Jayanand I. Chawhan
Lay — Vinubhai W. Chitnis
Holston Annual Conference (SE)
Ministerial — Mack B. Stokes, Raymon E. White, Robert L. Wilcox,
Edgar A. Eldridge, Robert F. Lundy, Wilmer B. Robbins,
George E. Naff, James S. McCartt, Frank A. Settle
Lay— John E. Steffner, Sr., Mrs. J. B. Ragsdale, Holiday Smith,
John T. Lundy, Frank S. Wilson, L. T. Prigmore, L. D. Lusby,
Carroll H. Long, Fred P. Entler
Hyderabad Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — M. Elia Peter
Lay — Maddala R. Vijendra Kumar
Iowa Annual Coyiference (NC)
Ministerial — M. Trevor Baskerville, Alferd E. Wilken, Frank A.
Nichols, Wayne E. Shoemaker, C. Dendy Garrett, Lester L.
Moore, Richard C. Pfaltzgraff, Paul M. Hann, Robert T. Dodder,
Donald L. Carver, LeRoy W. Moore, Kenneth E. Metcalf,
Lloyd A. Latta
Lay — Maurice K, Long, Mrs. William H. Yaggy, Mrs. Edward E.
Sears, William P. Applegate, Paul V. Shearer, Mrs. Robert Arm-
strong, Phil Kerber, Carl W. Faust, Max W. Kreager, J. Jeffrey
Hoover, Mrs. Paul Braun, Rainsford A. Brown, Dr. Clarence H.
Mannasmith
Kansas East Annual Conference (SC)
Ministerial — M. Max Wright, Clare J. Hayes, Don W. Holter, Rich-
ard E. Johnson, Ewart G. Watts
Lay — Floyd H. Coffman, John E. Stumbo, Mrs. Hilda Mcintosh,
Mrs. Thelma Hines, T. Russell Reitz
Kansas West Annual Conference (SC)
Ministerial — Clarence J. Borger, Bruce P. Blake, C. M. Fogleman,
Jr., LeRoy A. Bott, Glenn E. Matthew, James H. Iwig
Lay — Thomas Rupert, Harold Totten, Marjorie Matthaei, Paul W.
Renich, Walter J. Hickerson, Tom Hartman
Kentucky Annual Conference (SE)
Ministerial — Albert W. Sweazy, Edward L. Tullis, Russell R. Pat-
ton, Horace H. Green
Lay — Cornelius R. Hager, Ray Litton, John Q. Kemper
Lay Reserve — Robert G. Mayfield
Liberia Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Samuel T. Roberts
Lay Reserve — Joseph N. Togba
Little Rock Annual Conference (SC)
Ministerial — C. Ray Hozendorf, George W. Martin, Robert E. L.
Bearden
Lay— Gordon B. Carlton, Mrs. E. T. Davenport, Carl C. Hall
Louisiana Annual Conference (SC)
Ministerial — Benjamin R. Oliphint, W. T. Handy, Jr., Benedict A.
Galloway, Jack Cooke, Robert F. Harrington, James L. Stovall
Lay— Thomas H. Matheny, Mrs. Charles B. McGowan, Hubert M.
Blanchard, William Davis Cotton, Allen L. Brown
Lay Reserve — Cecil E. Bland
Louisville Annual Conference {SE)
Ministerial — Paul Shepherd, George S. Wood, William E. James,
Allan H. L. Randolph
Lay — Tom Jenkins, Mrs. Jane Arterburn, Dr. C. Kenneth Peters,
Felix J. Sanders
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Lucknow Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Christopher S. Dass
Lay — Sophie Charan
Madhya Pradesh Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Victor Peter
Lay — Ashok K. Raoji
Maine Annual Conference (NE)
Ministerial— S. Blake Ellis
Lay — Merrill A. Danforth
Memphis Annual Conference (SE)
Ministerial — James A. Fisher, Sr., William P. Bailey, Jr., Frank L.
McRae, Lloyd W. Ramer, Carl M. Robbins
Lay — Joseph N. Pevahouse, Mrs. Wayne A. Lamb, R. H. Bond,
Charles L. Yancey, Lloyd S. Adams, Jr.
Middle Philippines Annual Conference (OS)
Lay — Abigael C. Llenado
Ministerial Reserve — Santos M. Adriano
Mindanao Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Condrado G. Guiang
Lay — Francisco A. Bibay, Jr.
Minnesota Annual Conference (NC)
Ministerial — Charles B. Purdham, Lyle T. Christiansen, Willard S.
Allin, Delton H. Krueger, Merle A. Dunn, Stanley G. Hanks
Lay — Wesley A. Melgren, Lyle J. Schreiber, John C. Espie,
Kathleen L. Haining, Leonard L. Harkness
Lay Reserve — Winfield Forsberg
Mississippi (FCJ) Annual Conference (SE)
Ministerial— Wendell P. C. Taylor
Lay — Wayne F. Calbert
Mississippi Annual Conference (SE)
Ministerial — John W. Leggett, Jr., George E. Jones, Robert M.
Matheny, Frank E. Dement, Jr.
Lay — John C. Satterfield, Bert Jordan, Edvi^in E. Moorhead, Mrs.
Marshall Smith
Missouri East Annual Conference (SC)
Ministerial — John N. Doggett, Jr., John C. Montgomery, Jr., Monk
Bryan, John W. Ward, Jr.
Lay — J. Clinton Haw^kins, Mrs. Ralph McCullough, Mrs. Ross Swof-
ford, William F. Allison
Missouri West Annual Conference (SC)
Ministerial — A. Sterling Ward, C. Jarrett Gray, Sr., Kenneth C.
Johnston, Forrest L. Standard, Lyman Firestone, Sidney E. Davis
Lay — Mrs. Beulah Gailey, Aubrey B. Speer, Kenneth A. McCall,
Mrs. Betty Cagna, Mrs. Mary Hampton, Ralph Scott
Moradabad Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Daniel B. Massey
Lay — Christo D. Dayal
Nebraska Annual Conference (SC)
Ministerial— Alva H. Clark, John F. Wichelt, Kenneth W. Hicks,
Emmett T. Streeter, Lowen V. Kruse, John H. Mikkelsen
Lay — G. Alan Dunlap, Warren K. Urbom, Odin W. Poppe, John H.
Frey, Mrs. E. L. Ferris, Mrs. Wayne W. Harrington
New Hampshire Annual Conference (NE)
Ministerial — William R. Keeffe
Lay — Forest W. Laraba
New Mexico Annual Conference (SC)
Ministerial — Bervin O. Caswell, Burnie C. Goodwin, Jr., Martin B.
Stewart
Lay— Randle Butler, Frank B. Ford, Sam Steele
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New York Annual Conference (NE)
Ministerial — William M. James, F. Herbert Skeete, Harold A.
Bosley, John E. Carrington, Charles A. Barton, Richard S.
Parker, Richard A. Thornburg, Douglas F. Verdin, Alfredo
Cotto-Thorner
Lay — Robert W. Preusch, Jeanette Winton, Howard H. Darling,
William E. Brown, Gloster C. Current, Mabel E. Collins, William
T. Staubach, Jr., George M. Northrop, Ramon Aponte
North Alabama Amnml Conference (SE)
Ministerial— R. Edwin Kimbrough, Allen D. Montgomery, Paul L.
Clem, Robert C. Morgan, Thomas F. Stevenson, Barry H. Ander-
son, Denson N. Franklin, Thomas A. Edgar
Lay — George R. Hundley, Jesse A. Gulp, Edward Montgomery, W.
Robert Lewis, Mrs. John W. Gordon, Burt Purdy, H. K. Barnes,
A. H. Woodall
North Arkansas Anriual Conference (SC)
Ministerial — Joel A. Cooper, Earl B. Carter, Myers B. Curtis,
Charles P. McDonald
Lay — Homer H. Fulbright, E. Clay Bumpers, Henry M. Rainwater,
Matt L. Ellis
North Carolina Annual Conference (SE)
Ministerial — Nicholas W. Grant, William J. Neese, Charles H.
Mercer, Joyce V. Early, Warren B. Petteway, Samuel L. Town-
send, Robert E. Cushman, Chancie D, Barclift, Albert F. Fisher
Lay — Mrs. Harold L. Mann, Walter F. Anderson, J. Nelson Gibson,
Charles K. McAdams, L. Stacy Weaver, Mrs. Sam A. Dunn,
Arnold K. King, Grier L. Garrick
Lay Reserve — John M. Meares
North Dakota Annual Conference (NC)
Ministerial — David F. Knecht
Lay — Robert Sundin
North Georgia Annual Conference (SE)
Ministerial — William H. Ruff, T. Cecil Myers, Bevel Jones, Gordon
G. Thompson, Jr., Frank H. Prince, Charles E. Wilson, Jr.,
Delma L. Hagood, Eugene T. Drinkard, Frank Moorhead
Lay — David W. Brooks, Paul Webb, Jr., Mrs. R. M. McCommons,
Joe B. Dekle, Mrs. Victor Yeargan, Mrs. Arthur Styron, James
MacKay
Lay Reserves — James L. Jackson, Robert J. Noland
North India A7intial Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Cecil T. Richards
Lay — Inder A. Shaw
North Indiana Annual Conference {NC)
Ministerial— A. Hunter Colpitts, Virgil V. Bjork, Merrell D. Geible,
Verner A. Carlson, John D. Wolf, Gerald H. Jones, Alfred L.
Keller, Donald F. LaSuer
Lay — George Davis, Mrs. Robert L. Sites, Mrs. Roy Helms, Mrs.
Wilbur D. Shown, Kermit Burrous, Forest R. Heyde, Gene E.
Robbins, Mrs. Kermit Burrous, Mrs. A. Hunter Colpitts
Ministerial Reserve — Donald F. McMahan
North Katanga Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Maurice Ngoi
Lay — Louise Werder
North Mississippi Annual Conference (SE)
Ministerial — Jamie G. Houston, E. A. Bailey, John D. Humphrey,
Sr., William L. Wallace, Jr.
Lay — Kirk Egger, George M. Yarbrough, Joe N. Bailey, Jr.
Lay Reserve — William L. Sharp
North Texas Annual Conference (SC)
Ministerial— William E. Trice, Albert C. Outler, Zan W. Holmes,
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Jr., Robert E. Goodrich, Jr., Ervin M. Gathings, Gordon D.
Casad
Lay — Leo L. Baker, Frank Greenhaw, J. Herschel Fisher, Avery
Mays, Wilbur F. Roper, Martha B. Watson
Northern Illinois Annual Conference (NC)
Ministerial— Merlyn W. Northfelt, Charles S. Jarvis, Willie B. Clay,
Richard D. Tholin, Edsel A. Ammons, William D. White, Samuel
Batt, Carleton C. Rogers, Eugene E. Stauffer
Lay^Merrill Gates, Walter Lennartson, John R. Van Sickle, Mrs.
A. B. Pfeiffer, Mrs. Wesley S. Wieting, Mrs. Jack Oehler, Joseph
T. Johnson, Herbert Walton, Mrs. C. C. Cummings
Northern New Jersey Annual Conference (NE)
Ministerial — James M. Ault, Dean A. Lanning, Ralph L. Stephens
Lay — Clair W. Black, Betty Lou Holland, Clarice Howe, Rose Rol-
lins
Ministerial Resei-ve — Eugene L. Stockwell
Northern New York Annual Conference (NE)
Ministerial — Carlton G. Van Ornum, Allison C. Wood
Lay — Charles F. Schoenlein, Vernon Lee
Northoni Philippines Annual Conference {OS)
Ministerial — Pablo M. Adduro
Lay — Pedro F. Fabian
Northtvest Germany Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Erich M. Baass, Fritz Harriefeld
Lay — Werner E. Kuehl
Lay Reserve — Reinhard A. Schalla
Northwest Philippines Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Victor C. Vinluan
Lay — Restituto F. Samson
Northtvest Texas Annual Conference (SC)
Ministerial — Marvin L. Boyd, S. Duane Bruce, Charles E. Lutrick,
Ted J. Dotts
Lay— M. C. Ledbetter, Mrs. Cecil R. Matthews, Thomas K. Kim,
Harold O. Harriger
Norivay Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Arnold Madsen
Lay — Hans Gausdal
Oklahoma Annual Conference (SC)
Ministerial — Finis A. Crutchfield, G. Lemuel Fenn, William R.
Henry, J. Chess Lovern, Lloyd A. Peters, Irving L. Smith, J.
Clifton Sprouls, Wayne W. Coffin, W. Eugene Kay, R. Jack
Featherston
Lay — William C. Doenges, Jim A. Egan, S. Covey Page, Mrs.
Floyd L. Silvers, Dolphus Whitten, Jr., Mrs. George V. Metzel,
Robert R. Price, Manly M. Moore, Charles Codding, Jr., Ronald
W. Gilbert
Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference (W)
Ministerial — Robert W. Burtner, H. James Jenkins, C. Gene Al-
bertson
Lay — Erwin H. Schwiebert, Mrs. Elizabeth Watson, Harold E. Rose
Pacific Northwest Annual Conference (W)
Ministerial— Jack M. Tuell, Melvin M. Finkbeiner, Joe A. Harding,
Paul J. Beeman, George L. Poor
Lay — Mrs. Norma Eby, James Dolliver, Marshall C. Hjelte, Her-
man R. Praetorius, Mrs. Alvirita Little
Peninsula Anyiual Conference (NE)
Ministerial— R. Jervis Cooke, G. Wayne Cuff, Paul E. McCoy, Otho
G. Brewer, Jr.
Lay — A. Frank Chapman, Mrs. Orien Mangum, James C. Hard-
castle, Maurice M. Hancock
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Philippines A7inual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Ignacio P. Bautista
Lay — Abdon Mendigorin
Poland Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Witold Benedyktowicz
Lay — Adam Kleszcynski
Piierto Rico Annual Conference (NE)
Ministerial — Benjamin Santana
Lay — Ismael Cabrera
Rhodesia Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Fannuel Kadenge
Lay — William Marima
Rio Grande Annual Conference (SC)
Ministerial — Roy D. Barton
Lay — Mike Avina
Rocky Mountain Annual Conference (W)
Ministerial— Harvey H. Potthoff, Paul H. Hagiya, William R. Per-
sons, Ronald R. Hamilton, William O. Byrd
Lay- — E. R. Naylor, Joe Ariki, Romane G. Moeller, Mrs. Virgil
Anderson, Donald R. Wood
Sierra Leoyie Anmial Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Alex J. Smith
Lay — Richard E. S. Lagawo
South Carolina {1866) Annual Conference (SE)
Ministerial — Warren M. Jenkins
Lay — James Mack
South Carolina (1785) Annual Conference (SE)
Ministerial — Eben Taylor, R, Wright Spears, C. LeGrande Moody,
Jr., Phil M. Jones, A. McKay Brabham, Wallace Fridy, James
Barrett, George W. Whitaker
Lay — Harry R. Kent, Mrs. W. Roy Parker, J. E. Jerome, Lochlan L.
Hyatt, Michael Watson, Parker Evatt, Joel C. Adkins, Spencer M.
Rice
South Dakota Annual Conference (NC)
Ministerial — Richard Pittenger
Lay — Ervin Ortman
South Georgia Annual Conference (SE)
Ministerial — G. Ross Freeman, Frank L. Robertson, David A. Duck,
Alvis A. Waite, Jr., W. R. Key, George L. Zorn
Lay — George A. Wright, Mrs. J. R. Rivers, B. I. Thornton, George
W. Mayo, Mrs. Carlton Carruth, Zach S. Henderson
South Germany Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Hermann Sticher, Dieter A. Sackmann
Lay — Richard Jetter, Heinz P. Fischer
South India Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — S. K. Samuel
Lay^H. M. Devadanam
South Indiana Annual Conference (NC)
Ministerial — J. Kenneth Forbes, Leroy C. Hodapp, Richard E.
Hamilton, Gene P. Crawford, Joe G. Emerson, Byron F. Stroh,
George E. Rice, Charles F. Stanton, Robert W. Koenig
Lay — -Mrs. Robert E. Green, Francis Wilcoxon, John J. Thomas,
Clifford Bingham, Edward Susat, Mary Lee Bastain, Thomas
Bryant, John Easley
Lay Reserve — Russell Kibler
Southeast Africa Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial Reserve — Alf G. Helgesson
Lay Reserve — Chadreque J. Mujongue
Southern California-Arizona Annual Conference (W)
Ministerial— Melvin G. Talbert, F. Thomas Trotter, Richard W.
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Cain, Thomas K. Farley, Peter F. Chen, Randall C. Phillips,
Melvin E. Wheatley, Jr., N. Robert Kesler, Elias G. Galvan,
Laverne H. Gustafson, Will M. Hildebrand, J. Irwin Trotter
Lay — Pauline Bobbitt, Clifford B. Aguilar, David L. Myers,
Georgia Harkness, Ralph C. Hook, Jr., Mildred Hutchinson,
George F. Williams, Gordon Martin, Leon T. McKenzie, Kazuo
Saito
Lay Reserves — D. Leslie Hole, Ulysses S. Griggs, Sr,
Southern Congo Anmml Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Elie M. Kaputo
Lay — Paul Muteteke
Southern Illinois Annual Conference (NC)
Ministerial — R. Paul Sims, Donald L. Lowe, William B. Lewis,
Robert R. Hollis
Lay — Norman Fechtig, Everett K. Thompson, Marlene Cummins,
David L. Stanley
Southern New England Annual Conference (NE)
Ministerial— Gilbert H. Caldwell, Jr., E. McKinnon White, C. Dale
White, Wilbur C. Ziegler, Walter G. Muelder
Lay— Harold F. Smith, Harry L. Johnson, II, Dight W. Grain,
Stanley C. Weinberg, Jr.
Lay Reserve — Mary Stewart
Southern New Jersey Annual Confereiice (NE)
Ministerial — Charles A. Sayre, Hooker D. Davis, Ernest W. Lee,
Frank B. Stanger
Lay — Leon E. Walker, Hammell P. Shipps, Edwin F. Hann, Jr.,
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Brogdon
Southwest Annual Conference (SC)
Ministerial — W. D. Lester
Lay — Alice Preston
Southwest Germany Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Heinrich Michelmann
Lay — Maria Wunderlich
Ministerial Reserve — Werner Deiss
Southwest Texas Annual Conference {SC)
Ministerial — Ernest T. Dixon, Jack D. Heacock, George M. Ricker,
J. Garfield Owens, Ted I. Richardson, Ralph H. Seller
Lay — Tom Reavley, John T. King, James M. Walker, Mrs. Norris
McMillan, Don J. Hand, Mrs. John Wilshusen
Sweden Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Gunnar E. Larson
Lay — Curt Amark
Switzerland (M) Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — Theophil J. Tobler
Lay— Theophil H. Gsell
Sivitzerland (E) Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial— Theo Geissbiihler
Lay— Siegfried Stich
Tennessee Annual Conference {SE)
Ministerial — William H. Tomlin, John G. Corry, Robert H. Spain,
H. Thornton Fowler, John R. Allison
Lay — Floyd Ford, Mrs. William T. Roberts, D. Roscoe Buttrey
Lay Reserves — Mrs. Frank A. Calhoun, Mrs. Ellen Rosser
Texas Annual Conference (SC)
Ministerial— John W. Hardt, Wayne H. McCleskey, Willie B. Ran-
dolph, Carlos W. Davis, J. Kenneth Shamblin, M. Keith Kellow,
Harold Fagan, Allen M. Mayes, Wallace T. Shook, Elza L. Love
Lay — Ray W. Goens, Don L. Strickland, Woodrow Seals, L. A.
Humphrey, Jr., H. David Pope, Jr., Mrs. C. Morton, Sam C.
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Bramlett, Mrs. Lamar Clark, Mrs. E. Moore Decker, James R.
Paxton
Troy Annual Conference (NE)
Ministerial — Leon M. Adkins, Jr., Luther A. Patton, Arthur R.
Melius, Royal B. Fishbeck, Jr.
Lay — Mrs. Selma Ogden, Earle N. Cooper, Frederick K. Kirchner,
Donald A. Waterfield
Upper Mississipjn Annual Conference {SE)
Ministerial — John H. Graham
Lay — L P. Presley
Virginia Annual Conference (SE)
Ministerial — Carl J. Sanders, Paul D. Martin, Jr., Carl H. Douglass,
Jr., Harold H. Fink, Roland P. Riddick, M. Douglas Newman,
Harry B. Eaton, Godfrey L. Tate, George S. Lightner, Floyd L.
Fulk, Joseph T. Carson, Jr., James W. Turner, R. Kern Eutsler,
Robert P. Parker
Lay— Jerry G. Bray, A. G. Jefferson, W. Roland Walker, John H.
Rixse, Jr., William C. Vaughan, John B. Russell, William T.
Robey, Jr., Harold B. Kellam, John C. Linhoss, Luther W. White,
III, Thomas P. Tignor, Mrs. Harry E. Born, John C. Simpson,
Jr., Mrs. Paul Hartz, Mrs. James Allen
Ministerial Reserve — Carlton P. Minnick
West Berlin Annual Conference (OS)
Ministerial — D. D. Herbert Eckstein, Herbert Manns
Lay — Martin Doering, Lydia Meinhardt
West Michigan Annual Conference (NC)
Ministerial — Lawrence R. Taylor, Charlos C. Page, Alden B. Burns,
James W. Wright, Keith L Pohl
Lay — Katherine W. Wilcox, Mrs. Harold Newman, Arden M. Peter-
son, John Babcock, Donald E. Holbrook
West Ohio Annual Conference {NC)
Ministerial — William K. Messmer, Paul E. Stuckey, Robert A.
Byler, Joseph A. Graham, Granville N. Hardin, Calvin
Rodeheffer, Sumpter M. Riley, Jr., Emerson S. Colaw, James E.
Flinchbaugh, Glenn H. Biddle, Paul D. Chiles, Paul M. Vande-
griff, John K. Bergland, Donald R. Yocom, Walter R. Dickhaut,
Sr., John F. Osborn, Harold Dutt, Raoul C. Calkins
Lay — Darrell Hottle, Leonard D. Slutz, Dale F. DeLong, Kenneth
W. Hunt, Donald Hawkins, Harold L. Boda, Mrs. James M.
Leonard, Eldred B. Heisel, Darrell Detty, Paul B. Momberg,
Edgar Cochrun, Sarah Cox, Mrs. Henry Henderson, Ben Richer,
Charles H. Weston, George Gilts, Joseph W. Fichter
Lay Reserve — Torrey A. Kaatz
West Virginia Annual Conference (NE)
Ministerial — Ramsey Bridges, Robert E. Dille, Claude R. Collins,
Henry R. High, Harry Coleman, Denver L. Miles, Melvin S.
Risinger, Marvin H. Carr, Truman W. Potter
Lay — Roy E. Blessing, Mrs. Richard Hoffman, Damon L. Engel,
Mrs. Frank B. Everhart, Mrs. Floyd Rogers, Miles Stanley, Mrs.
Jean Paige, D. W. Froe
Lay Reserve — Mrs. Ethel Belk
Westejm New York Annual Conference (NE)
Ministerial — Sherman B. Eckel, Richard W. Harrington, Edmund
A. W. Millet, Donald E. Modisher
Lay — George W. Cooke, Elizabeth B. Gundlach, Mrs. Rosalind M,
Lesher, Arthur S. Merrow
Western North Carolina Annual Conference (SE)
Ministerial — James C. Peters, Jerry D. Murray, Charles D. White,
Wilson O. Weldon, R. Herman Nicholson, Julian A. Lindsey, H.
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Claude Young, J. Clay Madison, Philip L. Shore, Jr., Joseph B.
Bethea, Cecil L. Heckard, Robert T. Young
Lay — Mrs. Mary E. King, Mrs. Lurleen G. Barnhardt, William R.
Henderson, Mrs. Viola Redding, Wesley Bailey, Carl B. Hyatt,
R. Powell Majors, Isaac H. Miller, Robin P. Hood, Mrs. Mary
Morrison, Edwin C. Ford
Lay Reserve — Robert M. Smith
Western Penyisylvania Ayimml Conference (NE)
Ministerial — John B. Warman, Kenneth P. Rutter, James A.
Woomer, Harold V. Lindquist, William B. Grove, Harry J. Fisher,
Paul J. Meuschke, H. Donald Lash, Gene E. Sease, James L.
Carraway, Paul M. Easter, Robert C. Howe
Lay — Mrs. Thomas DeVaux, Franklin Blackstone, Jr., William M.
Beatty, Raymond M. Bell, Dwight M. Bittner, Paul Chaffee, Joyce
Anderegg, Herbert L. Gwyer, Mrs. James S. Cain, Clara
Cockerill
Lay Reserves — Mrs. Bernice B. Bishop, James L. Donner
Wisconsin Annual Conference (NC)
Ministerial — Marvin A. Schilling, Gordon R. Bender, M. Stanford
Strosahl, Richard 0. Truitt, Willard W. Schulz, Alvin J.
Lindgren, Winslow Wilson
Lay — Leigh Roberts, Clifford Lau, Mrs. Sharon Mielke, Mrs.
Patricia A. Soderholm, Donald Wilkinson, Mrs. Frances Hundley
Lay Reserve — Mrs. Delia Sprecher
Wyoming Annual Conference (NE)
Ministerial — Edgar F. Singer, George R. Akers, Philip N. Pitcher
Lay — Harry M. Gordon, Mrs. Edgar J. Lashford, William L. Beebe
Yellowstone Annual Conference ( W)
Ministerial — John C. Soderberg
Lay — Esther Hood
The Methodist Church of Great Britain (OS)
Ministerial — Eric W. Baker
Lay— John W. Kellaway, Pauline M. Webb
Ministerial Reserve — W. N. Charles Wooldridge
Provisional Annual Conferences
Austria Provisional Annual Conference
Ministerial — Robert F. Gebhart
Hong Kong Provisional Annual Conference
Ministerial — Lincoln Leung
North Africa Provisional Annual Conference
Ministerial — Miss Liv Larsen
Taiwan Provisional Annual Conference
Ministerial — J. C. Wong
Affiliated Autonomous Churches
Methodist Church of Argentina
Ministerial — Enrique A. Lavigne
Lay Reserve — Dr. Hector Lombardo
Methodist Church of Bolivia
Ministerial — Jorge Pantelis
Lay Reserve — Jaime Ampuero
Methodist Church of Indonesia
Ministerial — E. M. Hutasoit
Lay — F. Hutagalung
Korean Methodist Church
Lay — Mrs. Sun Hi Lee Ro, Dr. Eui Sun Lim
Ministerial Reserve — Carl Judy
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Methodist Church of Malaya-Singapore
Ministerial — C. N. Fang
Lay— S. T. Peter Lim
Affiliated United Churches
Protestant Church of Belgium
Ministerial — Andre J. Pieters
Lay — Mrs. Ruth Fraisse Lheureuz
Church of Christ in China
Ministerial — Peter Wong
Lay— Chan Woh Tung
Doviinicayi Evangelical Church
Ministerial — Raul Blondet
United Evangelical Church of Ecuador
Ministerial — Rene Tufino
Lay — Sergio Villalba
United Church of Christ in Japan
Ministerial — George Hanabusa, R. Wallace Brownies
Lay — Shiro Abe, Ritsuko Sakurai
Other Non-voting Delegates
Alaska Mission {W)
Ministerial — David K. Fison
Lay — -Mrs. Jean Stassel
Oklahoma Indian Mission (SC)
Ministerial — Thomas Roughface
Lay — Mrs. Minnie Toahty
Red Bird Mission (SE)
Ministerial — John W. Bischoff
Youth Representatives
David Bayle, Curt Danforth, Leslie Evans, Thomas M. Hamilton,
Annette Hutchins, Scott Jones, David B. Miller, LaVeeda Morgan,
Gregory V. Palmer, Wanda Walls
Quorum
Bishop Hardin: I nov^r raise the queston of the presence of a
quorum. Mr. Secretary.
Dr. J. Wesley Hole: At the close of registration last night 855
delegates had registered. This being 85.5% of the 1,000 elected dele-
gates, I hereby certify that a quorum as required by disciplinary Par.
608 is present.
Greetings
Bishop Hardin: Thank you, sir. I recognize Bishop J, Ow^en Smith,
host Bishop of the Atlanta area.
Bishop J. Owen Smith: Bishop Hardin, members of the General
Conference and friends and visitors: We do welcome you here. I
remember that I had the privilege at the Dallas Conference of inviting
you to come the Atlanta way and then the privilege of reminding you
at St. Louis that you were to come the Atlanta way, and we were
looking for you; and now time has passed and you are here. We are
delighted that you have come to Atlanta, and we welcome you with
all our hearts.
There is an old story about a college student who came home from
college and purchased a painter's kit and made a trip to the mountains
to paint. He had a variety of brushes and a variety of colors. He
located himself on the top of a hill and painted a lovely sunset, made
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his way down the rivulet a little bit and painted some lovely flowers,
and finally in his journey he came up on an old gentleman sitting on
the porch that he thought was a rather typical creature of life back
in the mountains, and he wanted to paint him.
So he said, "Uncle, I'd like to paint you." He said, "No, sonny, I'm
not going to let you paint me." "Well," he said, "I'll give you $5 to let
me paint you." "No, no, I'm not going to let you paint me." "Well,
I'll give you $10 to let me paint you." And he said, "No, sonny, it
isn't the money, but the thing that bothered me, sir, was how I'd get
that paint 'offen' me."
Well, you perhaps brought a brush, and we have a brush, and we
both shall be painting; and it's just quite possible that something will
rub off on both of us, or all of us, that will be a sort of a bit of enamel
for not only now but throughout eternity. We welcome you as individ-
uals, as people, as Christian friends. And this is, I think, our fellow-
ship together, person to person, will mean a lot. Likewise, I think in
and around Atlanta you might find in the next few days very lovely
setting in the world of nature. The azaleas have faded a bit, but the
dogwood perhaps is at its peak. You'll have opportunities to see some
of these lovely settings of nature. For some of you, at least, that will
rub off on you, and we welcome you to take a look at it; and if you
will take notice of the fact in a minute, you will find that you literally
are now in a section of our United Methodist Church that's pretty
active.
This is an active section in the name of Christ through The United
Methodist Church. We like to think that our association together
would be strengthening here, and we welcome you. With what you
bring to our pulpits and discussion groups and your influence upon
this community perhaps we can help each other, and so, we welcome
you as Christian friends and likewise as individuals as we meet here
and there. But we also welcome you as delegates to the General
Conference of The United Methodist Church. This, it seems to me, is
the most important after all. I have come to feel over a period of
years that perhaps this constitutes the finest lawmaking body in the
world — a group of ministers elected by the ministers, a group of lay-
men elected by the laymen. This by no stretch of the imagination can
be a commonplace group, and we like to remember that this great
group in here is here in the Atlanta area.
Occasionally we get together in Georgia as official groups. Some-
times the Cabinets take a look at it, sometimes there are other groups,
the Program Council; and we raise the question, "Really, what's
wrong with the church; what's right with the church?" Well, that's
always a big subject, but we always come out thinking that there is
an awfully lot much more that's good with the church than there is
that's bad with the church.
Matter of fact, I've never known a time in history while I have
lived or read about where I have known more lovely people trying
awfully hard to do something in the name of Christ for the problems
in society. So we always come out thinking there is a lot right with it,
but I remember recently these two things, and I'll leave them with
you, and maybe certainly this General Conference would like to do
something about it. I can remember that we decided that we are trying
awfully hard to save the church now, rather than give it some air in
which to grow and be, and dare to be the church. I think that is
happening.
I think our experience and technology and technological discoveries
have about led us to believe we can do anything we want to ourselves
without much help from anywhere else, and we are just out to save
this church. So we felt like, really, that's not quite our mission. If
you give this church air to breathe, a place to run, and let the church
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be the church, it perhaps is the next turn around the corner. Then
we wondered in this day if our Christ hasn't shrunk a bit. We've
shrunken, not Christ.
Perhaps one of the most meaningful things at Christmas time is
Herod trying to kill the baby Jesus so he won't grow up and cause
some trouble. They did that in those days. I think we are somewhere
close to that. We would not hurt a hair of him, but we just wouldn't
let him grow up. I wish this great General Conference could get hold
of that and not pull this Christ down to our size, but lift up to the
greatness and the bigness of our Lord and Master. Well, you've got
a great opportunity for this kind of thing. The people called Meth-
odists seem to me to have a special mission at this point. I'd like to
close this word of welcome with a line that I received just a few
days ago from a doctor friend here in this town. I really haven't
seen him in months. I thought it was a little unusual that he would
write me.
Dr. Funk is one of the great orthopedic surgeons of the world. His
office is here in Atlanta. Not only a great physician, but a great
statesman, and a great churchman, some years ago had a tremendous
sadness in his home and lost a very lovely son by drowning. No
bitterness, though. He rededicated himself in honor of his own son.
And around this world, this doctor practically every year goes to
the mission field and operates, and operates, and operates and well,
he is a great fellow. And he wrote me a letter and I want to quote
from it just these lines:
"Dear Bishop Smith: As the week of General Conference ap-
proaches in Atlanta, there has been concern on the part of some
members of the church that some may take offense at what perhaps
may be considered the liberal, radical, or inflammatory speeches by
some of the delegates. Though many of us may fail to agree wit'i
what will doubtless be diverse groups with diverse points of view, I
feel that we should take hope from the fact that ours is not a com-
fortable church." I like that.
"I feel that we should take hope from the fact that ours is not a
comfortable church. We laymen of The United Methodist Church are
happy and proud that Atlanta has been chosen as the site of this
historic meeting. Sincerely yours, James Funk."
So I bring you a message from the laymen and from the ministry,
and we in this local community join hands with you who come from
elsewhere, eighty-nine different countries of the world, to make this
historic session, yes, but this very meaningful session in the history
of our church, the greatest session ever held in Methodism for the
on-going and the forward leap of the church of Christ. Blessings on
you now and always. Thank you very much.
Bishop Hardin: I'm sure that you would want the chair to respond
very briefly to this word of welcome, to respond in behalf of all of
us. It is no small thing to entertain the General Conference of The
United Methodist Church.
In recent times I have not seen many cities falling over themselves
getting into line to extend an invitation to hold this conference within
the confines of those cities. Therefore, we express to Atlanta, a great
city, and to Georgians in general, a great people, our deep apprecia-
tion not only of the invitation which was extended some time ago,
but also for the very gracious and very warm reception and the very
courteous manner in which we have been, and are being received in
the city of Atlanta. Thank you.
Bishop Hardin called for the report of the Commission
on Entertainment and Program.
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Commission on Entertainment and Program (see page 779)
Mr. A. G. Jefferson (Virginia) : Bishop Hardin and members of
the General Conference: You found on your desk this morning three
issues of the Daily Christian Advocate. Near the top on the right
hand side you found one marked 1-A, another 1-B, and another 1-C.
The Report of the Commission on Entertainment and Program is
found in section B on page 63. I shall not read the entire report,
but simply lift out those parts of the report that require conference
action.
The first column and down through the second column to the bottom
paragraph gives you a brief resume of some of the duties and respon-
sibilities assigned to the Commission on Entertainment and Program
by this General Conference. Beginning at the bottom of the second
column, the last paragraph in that column, we have something here
that we need conference action on.
At the 1970 Special Session, authorization was voted by the con-
ference to seat one minister and one layman from the Oklahoma
Indian Mission, but without vote.
A proposal was made in the calendar report number 254 to continue
this policy in the ... in future General Conference. The report was
one of many calendar reports which had not been considered when
the Special Session was adjourned. Believing that it was the desire
of the General Conference to continue the policy of seating the rep-
resentatives of the Oklahoma Indian Mission without vote, the Com-
mission has arranged for this to be done for the 1972 session.
Concurrence of the General Conference with this action is re-
quested. Shall I continue, Bishop, or do you want to take a vote?
Bishop Hardin: No, I want to ask, do I hear a motion? Is there a
second?
Leonard D. Slutz (West Ohio) : I call your attention that in the
report of the Commission on Religion and Race we covered this
same matter, but at the same time we pointed out that there are
two other missions which have not been represented, and we are
asking that they also be included in this action, and as a matter of
courtesy be permitted to seat one clergy and one lay delegate with
the right to voice, but not vote.
I point out particularly that the Red Bird Mission was customarily
permitted to elect delegates to the General Conference of the Evangel-
ical United Brethren Church, but that was not carried over into our
present legislation. I also ask that the privilege be extended to the
Alaska Mission so that these groups can have some voice, some rep-
resentation in the General Conference.
Bis/top Hardin: Mr. Slutz, may I ask if that was the same motion
that Brother Woodie White intended to make?
Mr. Slutz: Bishop, that is correct.
Bisfiop Hardin: All right. Now, is it the will of the body that these
three groups be included in the single motion? Yes, sir, Microphone
4, please. Name and conference.
Representation for Youth and Seminarians
George A. Wriglit (South Georgia) : I believe the youth had ten
representatives without vote at the St. Louis Conference, and I won-
dered if they should be included with this group.
Bisliop Hardin: Are you making a motion or are you just wondering
sir?
Mr. Wright: Well, I so move, sir.
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Bishop Hardin asked if there was a motion that would
include representation with voice but without vote for both
the three missions and the youth.
Richard D. Tholin (Northern Illinois) : I would like to add to this
that there are seminarians here representing the several seminaries
of the church, and there is a request that two seminarians from each
United Methodist seminary be given, seated with rights but not vote.
I would like to include that.
Bishop Hardin then suggested that the question of rep-
resentation for the three missions be considered separately.
A motion to grant representation as had been proposed for
the Oklahoma Indian Mission, the Alaska Mission, and the
Red Bird Mission was approved.
Bishop Hardin then called for a vote on the motion made
by George A. Wright (South Georgia) that ten youth rep-
resentatives be seated with voice but without vote. The
motion was approved.
Bishop Hardin asked for a motion on the question of seat-
ing the seminarians. George Williams (Southern California-
Arizona) asked how the ten youth were to be elected. Mr.
Wright (South Georgia) stated that it was his understand-
ing that they would be nominated and selected by the youth
caucus present at the General Conference from the national
youth group.
Melvin Brawn (California-Nevada) : I move that these youth be
elected, two from each jurisdiction, comprising the ten.
Mr. Wright (South Georgia) accepted Mr. Brawn's mo-
tion as an amendment to the main motion. Truman W. Pot-
ter (West Virginia) asked that a youth who had been
elected by the West Virginia Conference but denied a seat
in the General Conference because of his age be included as
one of the youth representatives. Bishop Hardin stated that
would require a vote of the body. Wendell P. Taylor (Mis-
sissippi-FCJ) moved to amend the main motion to provide
that the youth delegation include at least ten percent blacks.
Mr. Wright (South Georgia) accepted the amendment as
a part of the main motion. Joe A. Harding (Pacific North-
west) offered a substitute for the main motion, providing
that the youth be allowed to select their delegates without
restriction. The motion to substitute was approved; Mr.
Harding's motion thereby became the main motion, and it
was approved.
Motion
Richard Tholin (Northern Illinois) : Mr. Chairman, I would like to
move that two seminary students from each United Methodist Semi-
nary be seated with voice but not vote, to be selected by student
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representatives of the several seminaries here at General Conference.
If there is a second, I would like to speak to it just briefly.
Bishop Hardin: Is it seconded? I don't hear a second yet. All right,
it's seconded.
Mr. Tholin: There are student groups of about five seminary stu-
dents selected by their student bodies to be here at the General
Conference. If we were to seat two from each of these delegations,
they are duly representative of those student bodies and I think would
be the best ones to handle it.
Thomas L. Cromwell (East Ohio) moved that this be
referred to the Credentials Committee and spoke for his
motion. The motion to refer was approved.
Commission on Entertainment and Program Report Re-
sumed
A. G. Jefferson (Virginia) : I am not the Secretary of the General
Conference but I would like to remind you that the rules require that
we have a written or that he as a written record of each motion.
Now beginning at the first complete paragraph, rather third column
of page 63. We recommend that the seating plan as printed in the
Daily Christwn Advocate of this date be approved as the official
seating plan of this Conference. We further recommend that our
Commission be authorized to make, from time to time, such changes
as may be found necessary.
Bishop Hardin: Do you move the adoption?
Mr. Jefferson: I move the adoption, Bishop, yes.
Bishop Hardin: Is it seconded? Any discussion. If you will approve,
show the hands. Opposed by the same sign. It is done.
Mr. Jefferson: Just as a matter of information because some of you
will not read it, in the middle of that next paragraph you see that
the schedule of the meeting places is printed on pages 6 and 7 of the
Handbook. Then down to number 5 near the bottom of that column
several changes as compared to the past have been made concerning
tl;e Daily Christian Advocate. The increasing cost of furnishing the
Daily Christian Advocate to the delegates has been a source of con-
cern to your Commission. A careful study of this problem by a
special committee has resulted in the following decisions: (a) only
one copy of the DCA will ba furnished free of charge to each delegate
rather than two as heretofore; (b) the size of the DCA will be re-
duced to 8V2 X 11 inches; (c) a less expensive paper stock will be
used; (d) devotional addresses and sermons will be omitted from the
DCA. These changes will result in a sizeable savings in the cost,
and the Conference is requested to approve the action of the Commis-
sion making these changes. I move the approval.
Bishop Hardin: Is there a second? Is there a second? Any discus-
sion? If you will approve the changes, show the hand. Opposed by
"the same sign. They are approved.
Mr. Jefferson: Then, in case you might not read this next para-
graph, may I just call it to your attention. We're pleased to report
rpon nomination of Mr. John Procter, Publisher, the Commission has
again elected Dr. Ewing Wayland as editor of the Daily Christian
Advocate. This will be the fifth General Conference for which Dr.
Wayland has ssrved in this capacity.
We're also grateful to the Methodist Publishing House, and I think
you delegates could join in this, for the providing the Hymnals for
the delegates without cost to the Conference. I merely call that to
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your attention. Down near the bottom of the first column in page 64,
Item 8 :
"We have made provisions for conveniently located press tables,
and we recommend that representatives of the press, as designated
from time to time by the Commission on Public Relations and United
Methodist Information, be seated at these tables, with admission
to the floor by official press badges."
I move adoption, or approval, of that. Bishop.
Bishop Hardin: Second? If you will approve, show the hand. Op-
posed, by the same sign. It is done.
Mr. Jefferson: Item 9:
"We recommend that active and retired members of the Judicial
Council be seated upon the platform during all business sessions of
the Conference."
We move the approval of that recommendation.
Bishop Hardin: Second? Somebody's bashful about seconding.
Thank you. If you will approve, show the hand. Opposed, by the
same sign. It is done.
Mr. Jefferson: Item 10:
"We recommend that the Communion offering be the only offering
taken, and after consultation with the Council of Bishops, we recom-
mend that the proceeds of the offering be turned over to the United
Methodist Committee on Overseas Relief."
I move the adoption of that.
Bishop Hardin: Is there a second? If you will approve, show the
hand. Opposed, by the same sign. It is done.
Mr. Jefferson: Item 12, near the top of the second column:
"Your Commission recommends a per diem allowance of $20 for
each delegate for the days said delegate is in attendance at the ses-
sions of the Conference."
We move that adoption, Bishop.
Bishop Hardin: Second? If you will approve, show the hand. Op-
posed, by the same sign. It is done.
Mr. Jefferson: Then, in Item 14:
"In order to provide for the convenience of certain persons who
will not be present during the entire session of the General Con-
ference, but who have been invited as a matter of privilege for the
Conference, and in order to facilitate their presentation to the Con-
ference, your Commission recommends the following Orders of the
Day:
a. Greetings from the Mayor of the city of Atlanta, Sam Massell —
Wednesday, April 19, 9:30 A.M.
b. Fraternal Delegates — Wednesday, April 19, 10:30 A.M.
c. Greetings from the Governor of the state of Georgia, Jimmy
Carter— Wednesday, April 26, 9:30 A.M.
"All other requests for Orders of the Day are referred to the
Committee on Agenda as required by the Rules."
We move these three Orders of the Day.
Bishop Hardin: Is there a second? If you will approve, show the
hand. Opposed, by the same sign. It is done.
Mr. Jefferson: Near the bottom of that column, under Item b.:
"On Wednesday evening, April 19, World Methodist Night will be
observed in the theater of the Civic Center. In a dramatic program,
representatives of the World Methodist Council, Affiliated Autono-
mous Methodist Churches and other indigenous groups related to
our Church will be presented. In view of this program, it is our
intent that the General Conference will not hear individual reports
of the groups represented in the program and that the General Con-
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ference sessions will not need to be interspersed with introductions,
presentations, etc., of such representatives. We recommend this to
be an official session of the General Conference."
I move that. Bishop.
Bishop Hardin: Is there a second. If you approve, show the hand.
Opposed by the same sign. It is done.
Mr. Jefferson: Then at the top of the page of, next page 65, of the
first column, item b there, is not for Conference action, but there
is a rather unusual situation here that I would like to call to your
attention. This has to do with election of the delegates from the
United Brethren Church, and also from the former Methodist, and
keeping them in the proper perspective of 13% for one and 87 for
the other.
The bottom, near the bottom of that paragraph b, just above the
letter c there, "As a result of this division 130 of 1,000 delegates,
elected by the Annual Conferences of former EUB members and 866
of the former Methodist members, the other 4 to make the grand total
of 1,000 are from the Methodist Church of Great Britain." I call
your attention to this because this is the first time that voting dele-
gates have been elected from the Church in Great Britain, and I
think it is worthy of our notation.
Then in conclusion at the bottom of the next column, the middle
column, "The scope of the foregoing report is an indication of the
vast amount of work that has been done by many people in prepara-
tion of the 1972 session of the General Conference. It is an impossi-
bility to adequately thank all who have shared in the responsibilities
of planning and arranging all the details involved. While we will
recognize some during the session, we note that many who should
be recognized will not be. As a Commission we want to record our
gratitude to the large number of men and women, who, without whose
faithful help this Conference could not be possible." And that is signed
by the Chairman and Secretary of the Commission on Entertainment
and Program, and I thank you, Bishop.
Bishop Hardin: Thank you, Mr. Jefferson, for an excellent report,
excellently made. Thank you very much.
Motion to Amend Report
Raoul C. Calkins (West Ohio) : I would like to make an amendment
to the repoi't of the Commission on Entertainment and Program. Item
number 2, on page 63. The amendment is this : "That the Commission
on Entertainment and Program be requested to reconsider the propos-
al that the 1976 General Conference meet in Portland and if possible,
the 1976 General Conference be held closer to the center of the United
Methodist population, and further, that all boards and agencies give
special attention to holding meetings in such locations so that there
will be a minimum of travel and entertainment expense.
The motion to amend was seconded, and Dr. Calkins
spoke in favor of it. Jack M. Tuell (Pacific Northwest)
spoke against it. Robert W. Burtner (Oregon-Idaho) stated
that the invitation still stood. The motion was defeated.
Gilbert H. Caldivell, Jr. (Southern New England) moved
that a report from Black Methodists for Church Renewal
be made an order of the day at 11 :25 a.m. The motion was
defeated.
Paul A. Duffey (Alabama- West Florida) asked the con-
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ference to grant the Angola delegation the privilege of
having Zachariah Cardozo, an interpreter, seated with
them. The Chair asked that this matter be held in abeyance
pending a motion to approve the report of the Commission
on Entertainment and Program as a whole.
E. McKinnon White (Southern New England) stated that
there was some uncertainty about the chair's ruling that
Mr. Caldwell's motion had been defeated. Bishop Hardin
asked for another show of hands and ruled that the motion
was defeated.
Lester L. Moore (Iowa) asked whether an offering would
be taken for the ushers and pages. A. G. Jefferson stated
that the Commission on Entertainment and Program was
not recommending such an offering. Mr. Moore moved to
amend the report of the Commission to provide that an of-
fering for the ushers and pages be received at an appro-
priate time designated by the Commission. Mr. Jefferson
explained the Commission's position, Floyd H. Coffman
(Kansas East) asked how much was being paid the ushers
and pages. Mr. Jefferson referred the question to Dr. Nor-
man Conard, General Conference Business Manager, who
stated they were paid one dollar per day.
Wilbur C. Ziegler (Southern New England) asked Mr.
Jefferson if there had been any understanding between the
Commission and Black Methodists for Church Renewal re-
garding a time on the agenda. Marshall C. Hjelte (Pacific
Northwest) raised a point of order.
Bishop Hardin called for a vote on the amendment of-
fered by Mr. Moore, and the amendment was adopted.
Regarding Black Methodists for Church Renewal, Bishop
Hardin stated the understanding of the chair that this was
not an order of the day, but that he w^ould recognize the
group for a presentation just prior to adjournment at noon.
Bishop Hardin called for a vote on the report of the
Commission on Entertainment and Program as a whole,
and it was adopted.
Committee on Plan of Organization and Rules of Order
Bishop Hardin recognized John D. Herr (Eastern Penn-
sylvania) for the report of the Committee on Plan of Orga-
nization and Rules of Order. J. Wesley Hole (General
Conference Secretary) called attention to Rule 15 and asked
that all motions and amendments be submitted to the secre-
tary's table in writing.
Mr. Herr: Thank you. Bishop, the Committee on Plan of Organiza-
tion and Rules of Order is the interim committee. We are to receive
proposals to change the Plan of Organization and Rules and received
quite a number of suggestions, are reported as given in the Daily
Christian Advocate on page 49, that's IB, and would you turn to the
Handbook, page 217, Plan of Organization — begins on page 217 and
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then the rules are on 232. You can follow this report on page 49, that
is IB if you keep those two documents before you.
Our interim report is three parts, as you see on page 49. There
were certain editorial corrections which were posted by the Secretary,
approved by the interim committee. There were certain items which
need immediate action, and that's the reason the Bishops said they
couldn't have an election of a Secretary until this report was given;
and then are items which can receive later consideration, and those
items you referred to the new committee on Plan of Organization
and Rules of Order.
Now the first part, the editorial corrections do not contain any
substantive changes at all. They are purely editorial corrections and
the Committee hopes that you will adopt them. If there are any
questions, I think that either I or Dr. Hole can answer them but
they are editorial in nature.
Bishop Hardin: Are there any questions? Are you ready to accept
the report. If you will do so, show the hands. Opposed by the same
sign. It is accepted.
Mr. Herr: Then we come to Part 2, following that items for im-
mediate action. No. 1, the Hayidhook, page 217 calls for reserve
delegates to be seated in place of the principal delegates in order
of election, but in view of Judicial Council ruling 333, we recommend
that Rule lA, 2c be suspended by this Conference for the duration of
the Conference.
Bishop Hardin: You heard the motion of the recommendation. If
you approve, show the hand. Opposed by the same sign. It is done.
Mr. Herr: The Commission on Entertainment and Program made
a great many helpful suggestions, and one of them was to call atten-
tion to the fact that the rule on page 223 which shows how a substitute
is to be seated for principal delegate had not been followed in the
last several Conferences, and so it is recommended that the wording
be substituted. Now this is not only a substitution but is a simplifica-
tion of the whole process. I think I had better read it, Bishop, because
the Chairman of the various delegations need to follow this.
Mr. Herr read the proposed substitution for Plan of
Organization VI. A. 5 (see page 185). Bishop Hardin
called for a vote on the proposed substitute, and it was
adopted.
Mr. Herr: Now the point 3, and this relates to point 3 and 4, are
given to you in order that the business . . . the Committee work be
done expeditiously. The first is the change in title from the Committee
on Presentation of Reports to the Committee on Calendar and then
the rewording of the Handbook, VI, A2.
Mr. Herr read the proposed substitution for Plan of
Organization VI. A. 2 (see page 184). Bishop Hardin
called for a vote on the proposed substitute, and it was
adopted.
Mr. Herr: Now, the changes in the rules relating to the Legislative
Committee. Turn to page 219. This first point which we come to under
rule IV, it has to do with secretarial staff"; it would follow the first
paragraph. This is new. The Conference shall elect upon nomination
of the secretary, a Coordinator of Calendar, who shall assist the
Committee on Calendar, in presenting reports in such an order so
as to expedite the business of the Conference as well as other re-
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sponsibilities of the Committee. This is in reverse of what you just
passed and the secretary could have done this but this makes sure
that it is the General Conference that elects upon nomination of the
secretary.
Bishop Hardin: Any questions? If you w^ill approve, show the hand.
Opposed, by the same sign. It is done.
Mr. Herr: Under 4, now we come to 2, amend rule VI.D.(d), you
add vice-chairman. These matters have to do with the Coaching
Conferences that are set up by the secretary, it was deemed advisable
to also include the vice-chairman in the Coaching Conference. And
then in the sixth line to add the times of the daily deadline for pub-
lishing reports. That tightens the matter of when these reports should
get in the hands of the secretary and then in the seventh line, instead
of having chairman and secretaries, you have the word committees.
You have used the word chairman and secretaries several times
before.
Bishop Hardin: Any questions? If you will approve, show the
hand. Opposed, by the same sign. It is done.
John D. Herr: Now, will the delegates turn to page 240 of the
Handbook. This has to do with the Duties and Prerogatives of the
Committees, and at the very beginning of rule 31, you insert these
words: "As its first work, the Committee shall evaluate its petitions,
come to agreements regarding priority, and outline its work on the
basis of these priorities." It's very clear that it's the intent of the
Rules Committee to recommend to you that as far as possible matters
come to you in the light of the priority assigned by the Legislative
Committees.
Bishop Hardin: Any discussion or question? If you will approve,
show the hand. Opposed, by the same sign. It is done.
Mr. Herr: Turn to page 240 of the Handbook. This has to do with
the Legislative Committee reports coming to the secretary. "As quick-
ly as the material can be prepared, each secretary of a Standing
Legislative Committee shall present a clearly marked original work
copy of the Committee's report." Before it was three copies. This
will relieve the secretary of much of the work. But this one copy
which is clearly marked should be signed by the Committee Chairman
and the Secretary of the Conference. I don't think that I need to
read the additional part of that, although, I hope that the secretaries
of all the committees will read that and follow it very carefully.
Biship Hardin: Thank you. Any question? If you will approve,
show the hand. Opposed, by the same sign. It is done.
M?'. Herr read the proposed changes in Rule 33 (see
page 202). Bishop Hardin put the proposal to a vote, and
the changes were approved.
Mr. Herr: Now, Bishop, five comes to us directly from the Com-
mission on Entertainment and Program, and they have worked very
closely with Dr. White and Dr. Hole, who have been the secretary,
and before that Dr. Moore, and this has been cleared with ... by the
Executive Committee of the Council on Bishops; and the proposal is
not to elect a secretary for this General Conference, but to elect a
secretary-designate, who will take over when all the work of this
General Conference is completed, but at a date not later than a year
following this General Conference. The exact time when that secre-
tary-designate would take over would be determined by the Commis-
sion on Entertainment and Program, but not later than 12 months
after the adjournment of the General Conference.
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Bishop Hardin: All right, I think that's clear. Any questions? If you
favor, show the hand. Opposed, by the same sign. It is done.
Mr. Herr: Now, on page 219, this Rule 4 which has to do with
the secretaries, this is the reverse of the action you've just taken,
and it simply spells out what the duties of the Secretary of this
General Conference are.
Bishop Hardin: Any question about that? If you will approve, show
the hand. Opposed, by the same sign. It is done.
Mr. Herr: Now, Mr. Chairman, Bishop Hardin, the Part 3 item,
submitted for consideration, I would ask that the General Conference
refer these to the newly elected Plan of Organization and Rules
Committee to report back at a later date at this General Conference.
Bishop Hardin: Thank you. If you will accept that and approve
the report so far as it has been made, show the hands. Opposed by
the same sign. It is done.
Interpreter for Delegates from Angola
Paul A. Diiffey (Alabama-West Florida) moved that
Zacarias Cardoso be seated without participation, but with
credentials allowing access to the floor for the purpose of
serving as an interpreter for the two delegates from
Angola. The motion was seconded and approved.
Election of Secretary and Secretary-Designate
Bishop Roy H. Short (Secretary, Council of Bishops) : Mr. Chair-
mian, in line with the action provided for in the adoption of the Re-
port of the Committee on Rules, the Council of Bishops nominates
Dr. J. Wesley Hole as Secretary of the 1972 General Conference and
J. B. Holt as Secretary-Designate, the Secretary-Designate to take
over when all work related to the present session is completed, the
exact date to be determined by the Commission on Entertainment
and Program.
Bishop Hardin: You've heard the nomination. The Discipline pro-
vides that nominations may also be made from the floor. Are there
any other nominations? If not, do I hear a motion to accept the
Report and the nomination? If you will accept the Report, show the
hand. Opposed, by the same sign. It is done.
J. Wesley Hole presented the list of nominations for the
secretarial staff (see page 15). The persons nominated
by Dr. Hole were elected.
Inasmuch as the time set on the agenda for recess had
passed Bishop Hardin inquired as to the will of the body.
Kenneth Cooper (Alabama- West Florida) moved that the
conference proceed with hearing the Episcopal Address;
the motion was not seconded, having L. Sr/iith (Oklahoma)
moved that the conference be in recess for ten minutes.
The motion was seconded and carried.
Following the recess special music was presented by the
Candler Choraliers.
The Episcopal Address
The Episcopal Address was given by Bishop F, Gerald
Ensley (see page 205).
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Nominations — Standing Administrative Committees
Bishop Roy H. Short (Secretary, Council of Bishops)
presented the names of persons nominated by the Council
of Bishops to serve on the Committee on Presiding Officers
(see page 22), the Committee on Plan of Organization and
Rules of Order (see page 21), the Committee on Journal
(see page 21), the Committee on Credentials (see page 20),
the Committee on Courtesies and Privileges (see page 20),
and the Committee on Calendar (see page 20). Bishop Short
also presented the name of Edsel A. Aminons (Northern
Illinois) as a nomination to the Committee on Reference as
appointed by the Council of Bishops at its Fall meeting to
serve in place of Wayne Calbert (Mississippi-FCJ), who
was being nominated to serve on the Committee on
Calendar.
The nominations were approved by a show of hands.
(Note: Those nominated by the Council of Bishops were
the same as listed membership of the committees with two
exceptions. Daniel L. Shearer (Central Pennsylvania) was
nominated to the Committee on Courtesies and Privileges,
but Grafitas E. Hoopert (Central Pennsylvania) was substi-
tuted for him at a later session. Wanda Walls (Youth) was
nominated to the Committee on Calendar at a later session
after the General Conference voted to enlarge the commit-
tee.)
Agenda Amended
Bishop Hardin inquired as to how the conference wished
to proceed in view of the fact that it had been unable to
complete items listed in the agenda in the time allotted.
Charles B. Purdham (Minnesota) asked a question about
the agenda. Ted I. Richardson (Southwest Texas) moved
that the conference proceed to the Structure Study Com-
mission report and defer hearing the Theological Study
Commission report until Tuesday. Carroll H, Long (Hol-
ston) moved a substitute that the conference adhere to the
agenda as mimeographed and distributed. J. Wesley Hole
(General Conference Secretary) explained the procedure
that would be followed in the afternoon legislative commit-
tee sessions under the existing agenda. John H. Rixse, Jr.
(Virginia) spoke against the procedure outlined by Dr.
Hole. Irving L. Smith (Oklahoma) spoke against the substi-
tute and in favor of the main motion. Albert C. Outler
(North Texas) stated that the Theological Study Commis-
sion did not object to the deferral of its report. The substi-
tute was defeated. The main motion was approved.
Privilege Motion
John H. Rixse (Virginia) : I have a matter of personal privilege
motion; I move that upon completion of Dow Kirkpatrick's presenta-
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tion of the report of the Structure Study Committee and prior to
any parliamentary actions which would cut off debate, that as a
matter of personal privilege, the General Conference hear a statement
from Professor Albert C. Outler.
Bishop Hardin: Is there a second? Do you want to discuss it?
If you will grant it, show the hand. Opposed by the same sign. It
is done.
Structure Study Commission — Dow Kirkpatrick
Dow Kirkpatrick (Northern Illinois), Chairman of the
Structure Study Commission, presented the report. He
called attention to corrections which should be made in
the report as printed and distributed and outlined the
procedure to be followed by members of the Commission
in presenting various aspects of the proposal.
Dow Kirkpatrick: The General Conference in 1968 was the focal
point of a variety of forces, all saying that change which is respon-
sible to the future is the best form of faithfulness in the present
and our greatest honor to the past. So a Structure Study Commission
was appointed; the process is norinally amended to what we have;
and now we bring you a whole document. What we have heard in
these four years from the church at all levels clearly is that the
elements in the board and agency structures of The United Methodist
Church which offer the least power for mission in the future and
maybe even some drag are those elements which cannot be dealt
with by amending one board here and another one there. Rather,
these elements are part of the whole system, and they must be dealt
with in their wholeness if this system is to be renewed.
The twinful side of this system is first, that the general agencies
resource the local church in its mission and, secondly, that the general
agencies make possible mission-fulfillment by doing those things on
behalf of local disciples that can only be done by being together as a
corporate entity. The criteria for judging our model, by which we
judge it ourselves, are on page two of the Preamble: coordination,
ongoing accountability, flexibility within this accountability, the rep-
resentation of the pluralities of the church, and the kind of ef-
fectiveness which comes from efficiency and economy. You have before
you, on your desks, the cost analysis which we offer at this time, of
the comparison of our model with the present system. May I just
highlight what that says.
First, you have a comparative chart of the membership of struc-
tural models. Presently there are 1100 members on all the agencies,
but approximately 300 of them are dual. So something like 700 per-
sons are involved. In the proposed model there would be a minimum
of 780, a maximum of 1083. It has been our feeling that you did
not want savings by cutting down on the membership participation
in agencies. However, the cost analysis shows a saving of $14,000
estimated in cost of annual meetings of these members by the con-
solidations that take place and a further savings of $200,000 in the
reduction of general staff officers. The reduction in the number of
agencies is given you as from presently 47 units to 33 units.
This model eliminates all interboards, drastically reduces the num-
ber of commissions and disciplinary committees, and at the same
time lowers the number of boards and increases the number of
divisions. This reduction is estimated at approximately $280,000 to
$300,000. The systems cost study shows the possibility of an additional
$221,000 to $250,000. There are a number of points there illustrating
where those would be made in the system.
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Then on the final page there are 6 summary paragraphs. I want
to refer to 3 of them. The first one — it is not the understanding of
the commission that restructuring was being called for primarily
for economic reasons. Secondly, that any savings resulting from
restructure would not result in a reduced apportionment to local
churches but would result in a redistribution of resources from ad-
ministration to program needs.
And very importantly, number five, this study is based on the
present structure model and that proposed by the Structure Study
Commission. This study is not an attempt to compare the costs of
alternate proposals, which are all increased over their present size
and over the size of the Structure Study Commission model. Finally,
in this opening presentation I would just like to indicate that there
are three principles of administration that we see point toward the
future and in some sense open us up to newness.
First, in the areas of coordination, in addition to that kind we are
familiar with in the church where somebody referees the overlapping
of plans already made independently, we add to that more effective
coordination of providing a flow from prior research and planning
which shakes coordinated implementation. It is better to avoid these
conflicts than to let a group of semi-autonomous units frame their
own plans and then adjudicate them, though we need both kinds.
The second principle that is important here is that traditionally
when we have wanted to enhance a cause, we have separated it out
from evex-ything else. If it was the time for evangelism or education
or social concerns, we separated it out, made it a board of its own,
gave it its own members, gave it its own budget, gave it its own
General Secretary. In this day it is our belief that to enhance the
cause you do not separate it from others ; you bring it into dynamic
relationship. For example, the Board of Discipleship brings together
worship, evangelism, stewardship, lay life and work and local church
education.
Everyone is enhanced because it is related to the other. In the
present system at least three of those deal with worship in the local
church. Would it not strengthen the local church and its worship
ministry if they worked together?
One other illustration of how dynamic relationship increases the
value of a function, rather than separating it, this new age of ecu-
menical witness. In our model we feel that that becomes a larger
concept than ever before because it is brought into dynamic relation-
ship with all global ministries, all of which are rapidly becoming
ecumenical. In other words, we lift the signs of ecumenicity far
beyond the importance of COCU and other local U.S. matters and
begin to see that all of our former missions which were dealt with
in a missionary context are now chui'ches in their own right, and we
deal with them ecumenically as church to church.
Finally, this report introduces a confidence in participation of
local level Christians. Elites are needed, and still are needed, in
Methodism at some places, but elitism is not needed in the policy
decision places, such as General Conference and Council on Ministries.
When a delegate to the Council on Ministries becomes an expert,
he becomes, we think, disqualified. He ought to be sent back home
and somebody sent with a f I'esh voice.
The Question of Representation
Mrs. Martin Harvey (Structure Study Commission) : Throughout
the model we have sought to provide the structural means by which
the system is opened up to the voices of the local church and the
plurality and diversities in the whole life of the church. And in so
doing we, according to some, have exceeded our mandate, but we have
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followed where we have been led by the Spirit. And this is evidenced
that we . . . this openness of which we are talking, by placing board
and staff under tenure for the first time, restricting them to eight
years of service in a chosen role, instead of life sentence, thus giving
you the opportunity of providing the church with your multiple
wealth of untapped and unused talent.
It is further evidenced by the shortening the twelve-year tenure
of board members to eight years, so that many more Methodists may
experience national board participation. It is evidenced again by
providing that the general secretaries of the program boards be
elected by persons directly responsible to annual conferences. And
again, by providing that in every board each division will be able to
elect persons with special skills and contributions who will serve as
members at large of the division and provide the expertise and
continuity that is needed.
We have listened to the voices of the diverse and pluralistic groups
that offer enrichment to the life of the church. Youth, young adults,
women, the ethnic minorities of the Hispanic American, the Indian
American, the Asian American, and the Black American. Much of
what we heard came from their caucuses, of which there are two
kinds. The first is the formally organized caucus, which is disci-
plinary and has disciplinary structures, and which is officially repre-
sented by youth and young adults. And the second kind of caucus,
to which our bishop spoke this morning, is the ad hoc, informal
caucus, sensitizing agents, representing women and the ethnic minor-
ity. For all of these we have provided in the model an opportunity
for those of us in the minority relationship to the church, to par-
ticipate in the process of selecting who shall represent us.
In listening and having heart, we have showii that we care by
providing a broader based representation for the inclusive church as
it seeks to become more relevant to the new day, the new age, which
is now. And so your opportunity is in the days and hours that lie
ahead, as you meet and study on the report, to also listen and to
really hear and to show that you care.
Council on Ministries Proposed
Richard Cain (Southern California- Arizona) : Bishop Hardin,
ladies and gentlemen of the General Conference: I should like to
draw your attention to the proposal for a Council on Ministries
which is contained in paragraphs 825 to 834 and page 86 of the
Daily Christian Advocate. Each four years the Annual Conference
of the church elect persons to come for a two-week period to review,
consider and set the directions for the life of the church. By our
Constitution and by our practice, there is indicated that the Annual
Conferences are the basic, and fundamental, bodies of the church
and that whenever there are decisions to be made for the life of the
entire church, the Annual Conference shall be directly responsible,
related and determine those decisions. . . . You will note that the
Council on Ministries had as its basic membership those who are
elected in a free election by the Annual Conference, the funda-
mental body. The reason for suggesting categories is to enable us
to ensure that the total representation shall indeed be representative
of the life and membership of the Annual Conferences.
The heavy majority of the voting members are made up of those
who originally sent in and are sent by the Annual Conference — first,
to exercise that two-week responsibility to review and determine the
life of the church and the General Conference, and then that person
to continue that process under the mandate and the direction of the
General Conference in the ensuing period that shall come between
sessions of the General Conference.
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There is direct relationship and accountability to the Annual Con-
ference as the basic body of the church. It also enables by the selection
of these persons by the basic body a direct and regular input of
information, of reaction, of suggestions and questions by those who
made up the representatives to the Annual Conference, It clearly
enumerates and sets forth so that every minister and member of
the church has a person to whom they can go to inquire concerning
the life and work of the denomination that they love and the church
that they would rightly serve. We have hoped that in the proposal
that is before you for consideration we have indeed enabled the
Annual Conference to exercise more fully its right and responsibility
to be directly involved whenever there is a decision to be made in
the life of the church, which is the principle of the General Con-
ference.
Secondly, we trust that in the Council on Ministries model for
your consideration, we have used at every juncture the model of the
General Conference. Please note that we have suggested that you
consider that if the Council on Ministries be established that it shall
utilize the staff of the church, the civil service of the church, as
does the General Conference as it goes about its task of making
decisions in the life of the church. We feel that this is a sound
principle that has been proven time after time by the actions of this
General Conference. . . .
Secondly, following the general model of the General Conference,
we are proposing that there be brought into the arena where deci-
sions and considerations shall be made with reference to the program
and life of the church, all persons who are responsible and who must
carry out the requirements of the General Conference in its session.
Therefore, in the general meetings of the Council on Ministries, we
have suggested that in addition to the voting membership that must
make the decisions, there be the chief administrators of the church
charged with carrying out the action of the General Conference and
interpreting and insuring the program.
So we feel it is important to have the voice of the Bishops and the
General Secretaries of the church present each time these considera-
tions are to be debated and decisions made by those charged by the
Annual Conferences with making such decisions. It would seem to
us that if we do provide this measure and procedure that we have
provided in this agency of the General Conference a means by which
the church can continually go about its task of reforming and re-
newal and decision-making for the good of the life of the church.
You will also note that we have suggested that the same model for
election be followed and that there be a new Council on Ministries
elected each four years as is the case in the General Conference.
Thirdly, we do recognize that there is to be some power exercised
by the Council on Ministries as there is power to be exercised by
any agency or established group in the church. We would respectfully
suggest that you consider the fact that we are changing the basis
on which the continuing decisions must be made in the life of the
church.
There are no decisions entrusted to the Council on Ministries that
are not now entrusted to groups within the church. It brings all of
these decisions into an open arena where there are elected representa-
tives from the Annual Conferences, who may be heard, may interpret
and then may decide for the life of the church. This means that
rather than groups . . . smaller groups which are nominated by other
responsible groups in the church, this is now entrusted to those are
elected by, responsible to, and must answer to the Annual Conferences
as the beginning point of authority and of action in the life of the
church.
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It would appear to us that the primary power entrusted to the
Council on Ministries, and we suggest it for your consideration, is
that they will be in continual review and have authority to act with
reference to structure in the life of the church after it has been
recommended by the stated boards and subject to the subsequent
ratification of each General Conference, but it does provide the flexi-
bility and the possibility of structure which seems imperative in our
day and time if we are to be the church that this General Conference
intends.
Lastly, ladies and gentlemen, it seems to us that we have before
you a proposal for your consideration that will give us a means by
which we can have a flexible, responsible and responsive group that
can extend and enable the life and ministry of this portion of Christ's
Holy Church. Thank you.
Support Agencies
Ian Rolland: Bishop Hardin, members of the General Conference,
the proposed Council on Finance and Administration, The Board of
Communications and Publications, and The Board of Pensions provide
numerous support services for the Council on Ministries, the program
agencies, and the church at large. In these agencies are located many
functions which have previously been scattered among numerous
boards and agencies. In the Council on Finance and Administration,
there has been a significant centralization of fiscal and administrative
support services. But there is not in this agency a centralization of
policy-making authority. Centralization of these support services will
result in the economies and efficiencies of operation which the Com-
mission has felt the church desires in the new structure. This type
of centralization however does not necessarily imply a greater con-
centration of power. Through this new Council the church can take
advantage of economies inherent in larger scale administrative proce-
dures. There should also be a more efficient management of the funds
of the Church. However, it is important to note that in no way can
the Council influence program policy through these administrative
activities.
The budgeting process recommended in the new structure is a
significant portion of the report. Both the Council on Ministries and
the Council on Finance and Administration will be involved in the
determination of the program budget. This process will give progi-am-
ming persons a primary voice in the determination of program bud-
gets, while also giving fiscal persons an opportunity to participate.
This proposal, we believe, moves toward greater control over program
budgets by program people than exists under the present structure.
We believe this represents a significant diffusion of power.
In the Board of Communications and Publications diverse com-
munications activities are brought together. It is expected that each
form of communication will benefit from the ideas and expertise of
other forms. The Structure Commission believes that this will provide
for a greater sharing of technology in communications, and it
recognizes that publishing is one of the forms of communications.
This belief has led the Commission to a proposal for a single board
involving both communications and publishing activities.
The Board of Pensions in the new structure will remain as a
separate and independent agency. This proposal assures that the
integrity of pension fund assets be preserved. There should be no
fear that pension assets or income therefrom can be used for any
other purpose than providing pensions. In summary, in these support
agencies many of the administrative activities have been concentrated
to provide economy and primarily efficiency. However in the bud-
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geting area, the shared responsibilities of the Council on Ministries
and the Council on Finance and Administration should insure a
decentralization of the policy making function.
Program Agencies
Bishop Paul A. Washburn: ... In previous legislation for our boards
and agencies it has been our custom for almost every board and
agency to put in its legislation a statement of purpose. You will
note if you will look carefully at the document that we have selected
one of these statements and included it in the legislation for the
Council on Ministries as an overall statement of the aim of mission
for the boards and agencies of The United Methodist Church. And
I would like to call it to our attention because it really is a focus
upon what we want to be saying to the world and to ourselves
through the administrative agencies of the church — paragraph 828.
Opposite page 4 at the beginning of the report you will find a
listing of the way we see the functions of the church arranged under
the proposal for four new boards. Let me speak first of all of the foci
upon which these four boards are fixed. The Board of Church and
Society is an attempt to focus the attention of the church upon the
social issues of our time. The Board of Discipleship is an attempt
to focus the enei'gies of the general church upon the needs of the local
church. The Board of Global Ministries is an attempt to focus the
interest of the general church upon global consideration, that is, what
does the gospel of Christ have to say on six continents. The Board of
Higher Education and Ministry is an attempt to focus the mind of the
general church upon the preparation of personnel for the ongoing
life and work of the church. It has been our intention in this arrange-
ment of boards that no present function of any agency be lost if it
is valid for our time. However, we have in the interest of flexibility
not developed legislation below the level of the division. Our present
Discipline contains much more legislation in almost every case than
is proposed by this Commission on Structure. We have the legislation
for the board and then to the division level but not for sections or
for departments.
If you will look at this chart which I have called to your attention
you should be able to identify the divisions which are suggested for
the four boards. Under Church and Society: General Welfare, World
Peace, Human Relations, Emerging Social Issues; under Discipleship:
Evangelism, Worship and Stewardship, Lay Life and Work, and
Education; under Global Ministries: Education and Cultivation, Na-
tional Division, Women's Division, World Division, Ecumenical and
Interreligious Concerns, United Methodist Commission on Overseas
Relief, Health and Welfare Ministries; under Higher Education and
Ministry: Higher Education, The Ordained Ministry, Chaplains, Lay
Ministries, Office of Personnel.
It is our intention that the mission of this church shall remain
relevant and that the agencies which are to guide it are to have
flexibility and a chance to move in that relevance in our time. Thank
you.
Procedure for Considering the Report
Dow Kirkpatrick (Northern Illinois) presented Richard
W. Cain (Southern California- Arizona) for the purpose of
making procedural motions on behalf of the Structure Study
Commission. Richard Pittenger (South Dakota) moved to
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reconsider the action allowing Dr. Outler to make a state-
ment. Mr. Pittenger spoke on behalf of his motion.
Melvin Brawn (California-Nevada) : I move a substitute motion
which I think will accomplish more than this motion I just made.
Resolved, that the report of the Structure Study Commission be
made the order of the day for an afternoon plenary session, instead
of the legislative committees, and further.
Be it resolved, that the purpose of standing Rule number 19 dealing
with the main question be interpreted to allow substantial debate on
the main question, and that this debate not be prevented by
parliamentary tricks, by the use of premature motions which would
prevent debate on the entire report, and that these provisions last for
the duration of the afternoon session.
Mr. Brawn spoke in behalf of his substitute. John H.
Rixse, Jr. (Virginia) stated that the purpose of his motion
to allow Dr. Outler this privilege was to ensure debate.
Jack M. Tnell (Pacific Northwest) raised a point of order
that Mr. Brawn's motion was not germane to the motion to
reconsider the previous action. The Chair ruled that the
substitute was not germane. Kenneth E. Metcalf (Iowa)
raised a point of order, asking if Mr. Pittenger had voted
for the motion to hear Dr. Outler's statement. Mr. Pittenger
replied that he had, and the Chair ruled that the motion
to reconsider was in order. Carroll H. Long (Holston)
spoke against the motion to reconsider. George L. Poor
(Pacific Northwest) raised a point of order that the motion
to reconsider had to be voted before debate on the action
itself was in order. The Chair ruled in favor of the point of
order. The motion to reconsider was defeated.
Richard 0. Johnson (California-Nevada) raised a point
of order that if Dr. Outler's remarks were in the nature of
debate, Mr. Rixse's privilege motion was out of order. Ker-
mit Burrous (North Indiana) moved that Dr. Outler be
allowed the same amount of time as other speakers under
the provisions of Rule 37. The motion was defeated.
Melvin Brawn (California-Nevada) asked to introduce
his substitute motion which had been ruled out of order
earlier. Thomas L. Cromtvell (East Ohio) raised a point of
order that Mr. Brawn's motion would only be in order as a
substitute to the procedural motions the Structure Study-
Commission wished to present. Erwin H. Schwiebert (Ore-
gon-Idaho) moved to extend the time to 1:00 p.m. The
motion carried.
Gilbert H. Caldwell, Jr. (Southern New England) ex-
pressed concern that the time allotted to Black Methodists
for Church Renewal might be lost due to the pressure of
time.
Albert C. Outler (North Texas) suggested that the way to
expedite a decision was to vote on Mr. Brawn's motion.
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Floyd H, Coffman (Kansas East) offered a procedural mo-
tion but was ruled out of order. Mr. Brawn's motion for an
afternoon plenary session was adopted.
John C. Satterfield (Mississippi) moved that the Con-
ference recess until 2:30 p.m. The Chair stated that the
Conference had already decided to hold a plenary session
in the afternoon. William E. Trice (North Texas) moved
that the Conference hear the presentation from Black Meth-
odists for Church Renewal. Mr. Satterfield raised a point
of order that his motion to recess was in order and should
be put to a vote. The Chair ruled that Mr. Satterfield was
correct. Woodie W. White (Detroit) objected that the Chair
had assured Black Methodists for Church Renewal that they
would have an opportunity to speak. The motion to recess
was adopted. The motion to hear Black Methodists for
Church Renewal for five minutes before recess was adopted.
Black Methodists for Church Renewal
Gilbert H. Caldwell, Jr. (Southern New England) pre-
sented other representatives of Black Methodists for Church
Renewal: Mrs. Thelma Barnes, Associate Executive; Mrs.
Mary Good (Detroit), Vice-Chairman of the Board; and
Cain H. Felder (Southern New England), Executive Di-
rector.
Mr. Caldwell: My name is Gilbert H. Caldwell and I happen to be
chairman of Black Methodists for Church Renewal. It is important
that initially I make some preparatory statements, Mr. Chairman and
delegates, for somehow we have not yet really wrapped our minds
around the fact that God speaks not only through the orthodoxy of the
legislative process. Sometimes God speaks through the unorthodoxy,
unscheduled intrusion. And one of the things that we must wrestle
with within this United Methodist Church is how we grapple with
our massive tendency to preserve orderliness. One of the things that
we must wrestle with within this United Methodist Church is when
is the power of God going to grab us the way Robert's Rules of Order
have.
It is quite possible then that some of you find yourselves saying
in these moments that here they go again. And so you have turned
off your psychological hearing aids, you have put on your blinders,
you have readjusted the rose-colored glasses. Some of you are saying
that you are hurting your cause, and yet if you say this, you are
standing in a significant company of American people, for they said
that you remember; some people even said that Whitney Young was
hurting his cause. A lot of folks said that Adam Clayton Powell
was hurting the cause, and a lot of people said that Malcolm X was
hurting the cause, and a lot of people said that Martin Luther King
was hurting the cause. And, yet, somehow in their death, some of
these same persons recognized the validity of their cause and pretend
they are staunch supporters.
Black people have been sustained by their church. It has been
through the black church that we have been reminded that God
can make a way out of no way. It has been through the church
that we have discovered that though the world has treated us as
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nobody, God in Christ has declared that we are somebody. It has
been in and through the church that we have preserved our sanity
in an insane world; and so throughout this land and in broken down
rural churches, in Gothic cathedrals that have been abandoned by
white congregations, in store fronts, we have felt the power of the
living God.
We are foolish enough, my friends, to believe, to believe that this
same kind of thing can happen to The United Methodist Church. For
as we look at our fathers and our grandfathers and our great-grand-
fathers who labored in the Methodist Church without resources,
without staff, perhaps without adequate budgets, they were able to
develop a fellowship, they were able to proclaim the Word of God.
And somehow if United Methodism with its vast resources cannot
do this then something is wrong.
In 1976 this nation will be observing, I believe, a 200th anniversary.
There is a real possibility that as United Methodists we may be con-
vening again in a General Conference or something like that. Would
it not be significant if in this General Conference Session, we would
say that during the next quadrennium, we as United Methodists would
pledge ourselves to help this nation and truly become "the land of
the free and the home of the brave?"
It is so easy for you to be deceived into believing that because you
see more black people now than you have ever before that— that you
find us in places where you have not previously seen us — that this is
somehow an indication of progress. But I would say to you, and we in
Black Methodists for Church Renewal say to you, that we in The
United Methodist Church have been doing in 1970, '71 and '72 what
the old Methodist Church should have done in 1939. And so we ai'e
simply reaching into the past to do what should have been done then,
and so we have this strange dilemma, we have this strange dilemma
of trying to do today what we should have done yesterday and at the
same time doing today what we must do today.
Black people are professionals, but even as we recognize the possible
increasing rate of black professionals, we've got to recognize the
increasing rate of drug addicts. Even though we recognize that maybe
there are more blacks in college than ever before, there are more
school dropouts. Even though within The United Methodist Church
and in other institutions there are blacks in high positions, we have
to wrestle with the whole question of why is it that black young
people are not finding themelves within The United Methodist Church.
Somehow individual success has had no effect on the poor masses.
In Atlanta there is a section called "Buttermilk Bottom." There are
still the Harlems, the Newarks, and all remain the same with their
dilapidated housing, with their high incidence of lead poisoning and
perpetual despair. And so, as Black Methodists for Church Renewal,
we come to you today as United Methodists to say, first of all, we
want this church to place at the heart of its doing and being a
primary commitment to support black causes in guaranteed ways
rather than in voluntary ways. We want United Methodism to let
the Structure Study Commission report push us into deeper missional
activity rather than prolong the navel-gazing.
Let it not be said in an election year, in a time of increased tension
in Vietnam, in a time of economic recession, that 1,000 United
Methodists spent two weeks in Atlanta tinkering and oiling their
machinery. We want United Methodism to become the kind of loving,
caring, God-dominated institution that no matter how you look and no
matter how angry you are at the system, no matter how militant
you are, no matter where you came from or who your parents were
or what your income is, ours is a church that welcomes you. We want
United Methodism to somehow begin the risk to risk its very institu-
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tional life in order to find its soul. Our nation is in deeper trouble
than we imagine. Our arrogance and our cruelty is vividly exposed in
the Vietnam fiasco. Our absence as a people of ethical virtue is evident
when we recognize that even with the sophistication of the FBI and
the CIA we cannot put a dent in the drug traffic. Our perverted
technology is seen when we can build classy motels and hotels and
civic centers like this, but we cannot build adequate housing for poor
people. Our mixed up priorities are clear when we see that we can
teach a man to fly to the moon, but we cannot teach a child in an inner
city school to read and write. But God through his church can make a
difference. God through his church can make a difference.
And what this church needs — what this nation needs — is a church of
the living God. What this nation needs is a church which is about the
business of being the church. And when I talk about this nation, I'm
not talking about a group of people gathering on Sunday morning in
the White House to play chui'ch. I am not talking about the kind of
churchmanship that is demonstrated by a barn-storming evangelist.
I am talking about a church that tells it like it is and makes it like
it ought to be.
Black United Methodists and a lot of other people want to be a part
of that kind of church. And so in many different ways we are doing
what we can to cajole, to push, to legislate, to pray The United Meth-
odist Church into being a church that makes a difference in the doing
of business. Somewhere in our literature there are the words, and
I paraphrase them: "Are you the one or should we look for another?"
This is what thousands, yea millions, of people are asking about The
United Methodist Church. Are we the church or should they go about
the process of creating something else? Are we the church or should
they be about the process of creating a counter church?
I say to you today may God help us to make The United Methodist
Church the church for these times. And now I present to you the
Reverend Cain Felder, the Executive Director of the BMCR.
Cain Felder (Southern New England) : I am sorry, I am really
sorry; I know how difficult it is for you. It is difficult, very difficult for
us too; we don't even want to be up here. Now we are going to take
a little time, that some people want, but it is not going to be too long,
unreasonably long, but we feel we have given a lot of time to The
Methodist Church. We feel black people have given a lot of time to The
Methodist Church, black people have given a lot of time to this society.
So we want to take our time with all due respects, we are not going
to make a special or anything like that. Just to say a few things, to
add a point to some of the things that our chairman has said. I
want to say to some people who may be wondering why a man follow-
ing another man when we had two sisters up here. I want you to
understand that in the black community, the black women stand with
the black men, because they understand the struggle. They know what
we are going through, and so we don't have false distinctions among
us, we don't have a generation gap. We don't have woman divided
against man. That is a distinctively Anglo-Saxon, western, white
phenomenon, and oppressed people are alien to us, and so we don't
have problems with that.
The United Methodist Church is probably the one religious de-
nomination which best reflects the composition of American society at
large. This is a fact. It has the largest and most diversified ethnic
constituency; it operates on a federated or connectional system of so-
called representative democracy. It has broad representation of every
type of person and profession within its membership. It has a large
operation and entanglements on the international scene; it has mas-
sive financial and technical resources at its disposal. We have to admit
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that. It has a history of being divided because of race and a con-
tinuing history of trying to move from racially segregated structures
to patterns of integration which vs^ould appear to be more Christian.
Black people within The United Methodist Church have to be sorely
frustrated at this time. What we recognize as obvious solutions to our
problems as people, The United Methodist Church, much like the
government, just cannot do. It will not provide because both The
United Methodist Church and the government are essentially blind
to the subtleties of white racism which exist in our time. Intellectually
white people know what it will take to uplift the downtrodden people
of color. White people are intelligent. White people are rational. White
people are well schooled. White people read books. White people write
books. They know if those books had any validity, what it takes to lift
people who have been historically exploited up from the depths of
despair. However, neither the Christian commitment of the church
nor the willingness of the church to really take seriously what it means
to embrace the sacrificial theology of Christ, nor the quest which exists
amongst too many for power and control over the destinies of other
people, nor the primitive emotions which overcome the intelligence
which we should have and concern for the future survival of mankind
with dignity, will permit this.
Despite our head which knows the right, the heart of the church is
essentially stubborn and cold. As a result black folk, at long last, are
aware of the fact that what we really want we can only give ourselves,
even though the church should give it, because what the church has
in terms of the millions of dollars, the tremendous power and in-
fluence, what the church gives really belongs to the people who have
been downtrodden. It really belongs to the mine workers in South
Africa; it belongs to the people who work the chrome, the majority
in Zimbabwe or Rhodesia. It belongs to black people, Hispanic people,
Asian people, the majority in the world. Our collective frustration
emerges when black folk recognize that what The United Methodist
Church is capable of giving will only in the most modest, the most
gradual way contribute to the relieving of the desperate pain felt
by too many people now.
This situation forces us to attempt to make only modest requests
as we try to make the best of a bad situation. For example, we ask
for a guarantee of $6,000,000 per year for the black colleges, even
though we recognize that at every point major control of these institu-
tions remains in the hands of white people. To ask whites to give to
the so-called Negro colleges is the mildest of petitions, since whites
are more accurately giving to themselves only indirectly. For so much
forces people of color to conform, to imitate, to deny themselves, to
imitate the value systems, the standards, the curriculum, the behavior
of the dominant society, the white culture.
It has been astutely argued that the Negro colleges are designed
to make us like you. A Greek quotation: "What manner of man is
this . . ." to make us be conversant in an idiom not our own. We don't
know ourselves because we have been forced out of ourselves, forfeit-
ing much of the uniqueness which emanates from our distinctive
black heritage. In not any petition or resolution which BMCR brings
before this General Conference is there anything particularly revolu-
tionary or radical. The assumption is that you have forced us to take
the long view toward liberation and social change.
Our existential now has been transferred into an eternal now. Yet
we are not discouraged, for we know as black folk that a thousand
years in the sight of man is but a twinkling of an eye in the sight
of God, and God is on the side of the darker people who must have
their day, who must rise. What we really want, we can't have because
you are not prepared to give it; you are not prepared to give what is
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not yours but what belongs to God. America like most of the third
world is the scene of a fantastic, historical debt still unacknowledged ;
it is a scene where a great robbery has been taking place; a robbery
of the poor and their natural resources turn in the final analysis
back upon them haunting and oppressing all of us.
Black people have come of age. Today we have learned to ask only
for that which is in The United Methodist Church's capacity to give.
And by this definition our requests, our petitions, our resolutions have
to represent very little. Given this it does not seem incredible to us,
that is does seem incredible to us that many white people here today
will still see BMCR requests as a huge and unrealistic demand. None
of us can fail to ignore the almost insurmountable breach between
people of color and the white majority which has established itself
constitutional majority here in America.
These United Methodists must ask, is it really the time now to end
a quadrennium of emphasis that has just begun to understand the
depth of reconciliation? We have only begun recently to discover the
height of the dividing walls of hostility which really separated us
after all, one from another and both in Christ. The General Con-
ference should suddenly recess for one-half hour, not this afternoon,
to walk a hundred yards out that door. Around the corner over there
neatly tucked away is the Buttermilk Bottom which our chairman
has just referred to. Here is one of the worst inner-city ghettos in
the deep South, neatly tucked away just out of sight but visible from
our Methodist headquarters I am sure.
The Fund for Reconciliation and the Board of Missions on the
national level did provide a little community action, but even now
that money is dried up. The community is frustrated; drug addicts
are right here. People who drink are right here, and the ministry of
the church and all of its grandeur pompously passes beside them. The
United Methodist Church headquarters here in Georgia overlooks
Buttermilk Bottom so close, yet so far away.
The quadrennium about to begin cannot escape witnessing a mas-
sive resurgence of darker peoples. Wesley's slogan, "The world is my
parish," has deep implications for people of color, and we need to
understand this. Taking the world view, the American numerical
majority constitutes a clear minority on the worldwide scene. Con-
sequently, American majority opinions and techniques must be sub-
jected to a world court for justice. The darker people must have our
day, for we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain
until now. And not only they, but we as black people and darker people
also who have the first fruits of the Spirt — either we ourselves
groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption as his true son, for we
are saved by hope, but hope that is seen is not hope for what a man
sees, for what a man sees, why does he hope for it?
But, if we hope for that which we do not see, then we wait for it
in patience. The darker peoples of the earth have been waiting in
patience for 400 years or more. Today we wait upon The United Meth-
odist Church's General Conference to continue to point 11 million or
more Methodists in the direction of understanding and uplifting the
poor, the outcast, the downtrodden, the cruel victims of institutional
racism. We wait, but you have the power to act in a manner which will
halt our irresponsible investment policies, especially those which
undermine Zimbabwe, Bishop Muzorewa, and Angola. The delegates
from Angola who are here at this General Conference, I'm sure,
would appreciate a lot more support from this church other than just
interpreters — those from Mozambique and South Africa. We wait, but
you have the power to equalize pensions and salaries throughout the
church. We wait, but you have the power to adopt a new social creed
as has been presented, which points the church in a new direction.
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We wait, but you have the power to put the total shoulder of the
church toward a massive and educational and economic support of
black people. We wait, but you have the power. So we are patient.
We're waiting for adoption.
The Structure Study Commission Report represents an incredible
amount of work being done by a Commission, commissioned by the
1968 General Conference, working hard for four years. We recognize
this. The Commission has worked hard. But its work has been
tarnished greatly by persons within the church who are hell-bent
on perpetuating the status quo or moving backward by so centralizing
the bureaucracy of the church that no room for creative inbreakings
are left. Indeed, even the Holy Ghost would be accountable to the
structures, if this report is adopted.
Brothers and Sisters of the church, let us not waste time here in
Atlanta. Do not pretend to be concerned over the plight of people
who hurt, while all the while spending most of your time reshuffling
the structures of the church. Let us deal first with the weighty
matters of the Christian church, deal with the demands of the Black
Methodists for Church Renewal, the demands of the American In-
dians, the demands of the Asians, the demands of the Spanish-
Americans, the demands of the women, the demands of the youth,
the demands of the youth and young adults of the church; and then,
united, let us try to figure out the best structure which will enable us
all together to deal with these concerns most responsibly.
The cart before the horse hurts the horse's forelegs. Ours is a collec-
tive groan and call for renewal. We must struggle to break open old
criteria, old values, old ways of doing things which do not speak to
our needs in these times. The church can so often claim to read the
signs of the heavens, but seldom do we really take time to read the
signs of the times. We plead, we demand, we request, respectfully,
we admonish, we urge fervently, that you deal, in any kind of lan-
guage, first with our petitions and resolutions, with the concerns of
the so-called special interest groups which are here. In so doing you
might enable The United Methodist Church to find itself despite
itself, a new church for a new world.
Announcements
J. Wesley Hole (Secretary) made announcements.
Benediction
Bishop Pedro Zottele gave the benediction in Spanish,
and the morning session adjourned.
SECOND DAY, MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1972
AFTERNOON SESSION
Opening — Bishop James K. Mathews
Pursuant to adjournment, the General Conference of The
United Methodist Church convened in the afternoon session
of Monday, April 17, 1972, at 2:30 p.m. in the Civic Center,
Atlanta, Georgia, with Bishop James K. Mathews, Boston
Area, presiding.
The Conference sang the hymn, "Come Thou Almighty
King," and was led in prayer by Dr. Eric Baker (Great
Britain) .
Resolution
John B. Howes (Central Pennsylvania) asked to intro-
duce a resolution having to do with Earth Week. The Chair
stated that it would have to be referred to the Committee on
Agenda.
Motion — Black Representation in Memphis Conference Dele-
gation
Mrs. William T. Roberts (Tennessee) stated that the
Memphis Annual Conference was the only merged Annual
Conference which had elected no black delegates to this
General Conference. She moved that one black lay person
and one black clergy person of the Memphis Conference
be seated in this General Conference with voice but without
vote. The motion was adopted.
Committee on Agenda
/. Otis Young: Mr. Chairman, the Agenda Committee concurs
in the recommendation of this Conference, and we deal with the
major item which was referred to this Conference for the afternoon
session. We would also like to recommend that should you conclude
with this item in time for any one of the other major reports, it may
be heard during this Plenary Session. May I remind you that there
are three major reports scheduled for tomorrow morning, and one of
those if possible might be heard this afternoon — one of Doctrine and
Doctrinal Standards, one of Social Principles and the other on the
Study of the Ministry. We would further recommend in keeping with
your actions this morning that the Legislative Committees meet this
evening for organization at 7:30 at St. Marks United Methodist
Church.
Bishop Mathews: You have heard the words of this Committee;
what is your pleasure? Is there a motion for adoption of these pro-
posals? And it is seconded. Any discussion. If not, if you'll approve
the recommendation of the Agenda Committee with regard to pro-
cedure this afternoon and evening, lift a hand. Opposed the same
sign. And it is done.
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Procedural Motion
R. Jervis Cooke (Peninsula) : In order to insure full and free
debate on issues related to structure, I move that we suspend the
rules and for one hour engage in debate on the issue of structure,
and further, that at the end of the hour we reconsider whether to
renew the debate for an additional hour, at the end of which we
would return to the Structure Study Commission for motions of
referral or disposition of the report.
Now sir, I meant in here to say that during this period of time
we would not have any motion on this; it would be a matter of debate
without motion. If I have a second, I'd like to speak very briefly.
Mr. Cooke spoke in favor of his motion. G. Lemuel Fenn
(Oklahoma) asked a question about the precedence of mo-
tions at the end of the discussion period. Wendell P. C.
Taylor (Mississippi-FCJ) asked whether the motion in-
cluded a time limit on individual speakers. The Chair in-
dicated that with no limit specified in the motion the regular
limit would apply. Mr. Taylor moved to amend the main
motion to provide for a five-minute limit on each speaker.
Edward L. Duncan (Detroit) spoke in opposition to the
amendment. The Chair stated that any time limit voted
would not apply to Albert Outler (North Texas), who had
been granted ten minutes by conference action. Dr. Outler
stated that he did not wish to be the object of any special
privilege. The Chair called for the vote on the amendment,
and it failed.
The main motion was put to the vote, and it was ruled
that it prevailed by the required two-thirds majority.
Statement in Opposition to Structure Study Commission
Report— Albert C. Outler
Forest W. Laraba (New Hampshire) asked that Dr.
Outler make his statement at this time. After introductory
remarks. Dr. Outler listed his objections to the Structure
Study Commission report.
Albert C. Outler (North Texas) : Here are the demerits listed under
seven heads without any development:
1. It is far too complex and cumbersome.
2. The scheme is excessively centralized. In it, as in the Roman
Church before Vatican II, the basic model is the pyramid, power and
program coming down from above and permeating the basic mass
as far as promotion can manage that. This seems to me to be directly
contrary to the most advanced and effective concept of management
by objective in modern management theory.
3. This scheme would reduce the General Conference chiefly to a
quadrennial assemblage for review, review of policies, programs and
proposals from the Council on Ministries and the boards and agencies
with the obvious alternative of taking those recommendations or of
an occasional revolt and overthrow. This alters the prime function
of the General Conference, and it seems to me would be a far-reaching
and retrograde step.
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4. The scheme, also, reduces the status and role of the Annual
Conferences largely to one of reaction, accepting policies and pro-
grams from above, filling out quotas of various sorts, quotas having
to do with rotation, sex, lay, clergy, ethnics, E.U.B.'s, youth, etc., etc.
5. The scheme envisages three interlocking power complexes: the
Council on Ministries, the Council on Finance and Administration,
and the Council of Bishops. Each of these would be a power group
controlled by an inner power group, that is to say their executive
committees, and only the Council of Bishops would be composed of
voting members who work full time in these particular jobs. The
other two would be policy making groups of elected persons serving
voluntarily and on marginal time, and they would inevitably become
dependent upon their staff.
The Commission thinks that this would be a good thing. I think
that it would be a bad thing. The obvious and inevitable result
would be an even more completely staff-dominated church than we
have now, for the Commission on Ministries and the C.F.A. would
in turn tend to dominate the General Conference, it would tend
to dominate the Annual Conferences and the local churches.
6. The scheme is governed by two operational principles that are
valid enough in themselves under some circumstances, but which
would almost surely work out badly in practice in these circumstances
as they are envisaged in this report. Number one, the quota system.
There are so many categories and so few places, and yet not all
the categories that are eligible and justified are specified and laid
out. But there are so many categories and so few places to be filled
comparatively speaking, the combinations of experience, expertise,
and available time would be so rare that persons with all the requisite
talents would wield undue influence in the typical quota-fUled group.
Two, the rotation system. This would tend to inhibit the acquisition
of significant experience and expertise, not only in the persons elected
from annual and jurisdictional conferences — a layman this quadi'en-
nium, a laywoman next, an elder in full connection the next — but
even in staff personnel as well. Few persons in their lifetime might
expect to represent the whole church in any top quality role for
longer than eight years. Many would have no more than a single
quadrennium; most would have to find their glory in the sun in
their annual and charge conferences, groups that had been sadly
degraded in influence and honor.
7. As an overall consequence I would judge that this proposed
structure would make The United Methodist Church the most cen-
tralized and "curialized" structure in Christendom bar none. And
I am as you know a veteran Roman Catholic watcher. And this in
a church whose members are beginning to discover that they belong
to a voluntary association, that has no really effective power to tax
or to excommunicate; whose programs are invariably expensive and
ideological often without being worth what they cost; and finally
that the pyramid is no longer the most viable model of institutional
organization in the modern world. From this I draw an inference
that does not even begin to approach a motion now, because my
main concern is that this shall be discussed in this body as a whole
before it is referred — referred to the committees or the Committee
on Reference, or however it is referred.
My inference is that not because any of us is satisfied with the
status quo, not anyone in this room I think, but because this particular
structural reform would actually tend to reinforce the constrictive
features in our present structures even with the best intent to open
them up, and would not fulfill our own best intentions as a demo-
cratic church — that we ought, after full discussion, including the
right of legislative committees to concur or not to concur, we should
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table this report and all its minutes and documentations, plus the
full record of its discussion in the Conference and in the whole church,
be referred to a reconstituted successor commission with a mandate
that will include at the very least the commendation of a radically-
different approach to the problems of church structure and polity,
namely structures as support systems and no more than support
systems governed by such principles as:
1) Local initiative
2) Subsidiarity
3) Decentralization
4) CoUegiality
5) Enlistment of all available talent
6) Inclusiveness
7) Ecumenical outreach and cooperation
8) Etc., etc., etc.,
Statement Opposing Report — W. Astor Kirk
Charles A. Say re (Southern New Jersey) requested that
the privilege of the floor be granted to W. Astor Kirk, a
reserve delegate and vice-chairman of the Structure Study-
Commission. The privilege was granted.
W. Astor Kirk (Southern New Jersey) : First of all, I think it is
important for this body to recognize what it is that we are talking
about, and because I wasn't quite sure in my own mind that it didn't
though — that the Commission had recognized this — I found it neces-
sary to dissent. We have a connectional Church, a connectional de-
nomination, and I think it is important for this General Conference,
as indeed I thought it was important for the Commission, to identify
those policies, programs, activities that are necessary to be conducted
on a denomination-wide basis in order to maintain our connec-
tionalism, and those things that are not necessary. Those policies,
programs that are not necessary to be conducted on a denomination-
wide basis ought to be left elsewhere rather than being projected
at the national level. Our report unfortunately does not draw this
kind of distinction for your consideration here.
Secondly, I think it is important for the General Conference to
recognize that we are not talking about the totality of structure
within The United Methodist Church. We are not talking about or
at least we did not have the responsibility to deal with all of the
patterns of interaction and institutionalized interrelationships among
individuals and groups of individuals but only that part of the
structure of The United Methodist Church which has to do with
the general boards and agencies. Some of the things that Dr. Outler
said a moment ago seemed to imply that there are those who think
that we have to talk about the whole of structure. Our focus is on
the general board and agency structure of the denomination. I found
it necessary to dissent because I did not think that we as a Commis-
sion drew this kind of distinction, and a part of the confusion, I
think in the General Conference and throughout the church, is that
there are people who have been talking as if we are out to restructure
the entire denomination, and that's not what we are all about. Because
that was not clearly felt out I found it regrettable that I couldn't
associate myself with the report.
Thirdly, we do have the problem of accountability, the problem of
responsiveness, the problem of insuring that policies are made by
the General Conference and then are carried out by the administrative
bodies. The third reason why I found myself in disagreement is that
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the report does not make that distinction, and many of you here may
not make that distinction. The General Conference in my view is the
ultimate policy-making body, the ultimate kind of legislative body
within the denomination. All the other units within the denomination
at the general board and agency level are administrative bodies, so
far as I can see it, and have the responsibility of carrying out the
policy of the General Conference in a manner that is effective,
efficient, responsible, and accountable. It was not clear to me that
we drew this kind of distinction in our Commission report.
Fourthly, we introduced some concepts that I had hoped we would
have been able to have dealt with in terms of the implication of
those concepts much more fully than we did. I welcome the privilege
this afternoon of this General Conference dealing with those concepts.
I would not agree that power is necessarily a bad thing, but power
becomes a bad thing when it is not responsible, when it is not ac-
countable, when it is not responsive. And I think you will want to
deal with that sort of thing this afternoon.
Finally, I am committed to the concept that the Commission has
in tei-ms of somebody that will deal with problems that arise —
policy problems that arise between General Conference, and therefore
the concept of the Council on Ministries appeals to me, but I find
myself in serious disagreement — one, in terms of the composition of
that body, because I view that body as a kind of policy-making
body, and if it is going to be a policy-making body I firmly think
it ought to be representative of the General Conference that creates
it; and I find myself in some disagreement with my friends and
colleagues on the Commission in terms of the constitution of the
body. Secondly, I find myself in some disagreement in terms of how
the members of that body should be selected. I think the method that
we have finally hit upon in the Commission does lend itself to a lot
of confusion, and I think it should be rethought. These basically
are the general notions that led me to, after much prayerful thought,
after much consideration, to arrive at the decision that I could not
in good conscience support it.
Gordon G. Thonpson, Jr. (North Georgia) spoke in be-
half of the report.
Statement Opposing Report — Franklin Blackstone, Jr.
Franklin Blackstone, Jr. (Western Pennsylvania) : I would like
to speak in general opposition to the report, but with some items
of considerable approval. I share the views of the gentleman who
just sat down that one of the best things about this report is the
consternation by some of the bureaucratic hierarchy of the church
about its possible adoption. But apart from that, there are, I think,
a couple of serious mistakes of judgment that the Commission has
made in its attempt to reach a desirable and devoutly to-be-hoped-for
goal. I'd like to just deal with three.
The first is the matter of categories and quotas. I think that in
the days gone by it has been essential for certain under-represented,
organized and unorganized kinds of people to be guaranteed that
their voice would be heard. But what the Structure Commission has
done, it seems to me, is to reduce to absurdity that valid and impor-
tant consideration. I think we can find ourselves having representa-
tives from the most minute kind of personage and perhaps even, to
continue this to a ridiculous extreme, that maybe the British delega-
tion who are here ought to have some representation too.
Item two — in the choice of the four major boards remaining, I think
the Structure Commission has kind of tipped the scales in one
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direction in its consideration of the totality of the Gospel. As I see
what the Lord has asked us to do, he has asked us, first of all, to
save men, to lead them to a new life in Christ, and, second, to
improve their lot in life. But we find in this structure two of the
major boards concerned with the improvement of the lot, a part of
one with the matter of what we might call, for lack of a better
word, the redemptive evangelical outlook, and, of course, one with
the professional ministry. I think that's a mistake.
Finally, and the most important thing, as I see it, is the failure
to distinguish, by the Structure Commission, of the difference between
legislative and administrative power. What the Structure Committee
has done, it seems to me, is to create a legislative body and tell it
it is to administer, it is to administer administrative power. Now
it is totally impossible for a group of 220 people, of whatever kind,
caliber, quality in makeup, to direct the administration of anything.
This is particularly true when the rotation that is required would
be added to it.
I don't know how many of you are here at a General Conference
for the first time, but when I came to my first General Conference
four years ago, after having been active in an Annual Conference
for almost fifteen years, it was with considerable fear and trepidation
and wonder. And I'm not really the sort of person that wonders
about very much. But when we ask people from the church-at-large
to come and participate in boards like the Council on Ministries for
a four-year term, we are participating, I submit, in a bogus democracy
that gives the appearance of participation, but can only have the
effect of strengthening the hand of the professional staff or the
full-time person in charge. I speak, therefore, for a consideration of
these factors. Whether this requires us to reconsider this matter at
another session or whether these problems can be dealt with, time
will tell, but to adopt it in its present form, I think, would be an
invitation to disaster.
Statement Supporting Report — Will M. Hildebrand
Will M. Hildebrand (Southern California-Arizona): I have a posi-
tion just about the opposite of the man who spoke before and yet
a great deal of fellow feeling for him in that I speak on behalf of
the report with a great many reservations about it. He ... I speak
on behalf of the report because T believe we are in need of some
restructuring. I think the thoughtful restructuring of the boards is
a creative step forward. I think the Board of Discipleship can be
a very exciting thing for the life of the church and spark us in our
worship, in our evangelism, in the whole enterprise of discipleship
and therefore speak warmly and enthusiastically for them.
I believe that the Board of Global Ministries is a firm step forward
in terms of the emerging concept of mission, and I am grateful that
there has been such serious dialogue between the Board of Missions
and the Structure Commission which has allowed that to evolve. My
reservation is at the point of the Council on Ministries — its monitoring
function. It asks us to be better people than we are, it seems to me.
And that at the same time, it demeans the boards and does not allow
us to be as good as we are and that it is in this respect that I think
it is fundamentally a misreading of what man is and what our job
is together.
I don't want one group, either the Council of Bishops or the
Council on Ministries, any one group monitoring all the rest of the
church. I find it really rather abhorrent, and I don't think it's neces-
sary. I have faith in this church and its multiple work. I think they
have overrated accountability and underrated faithfulness and
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brotherhood in the church which is ours and therefore am really quite
critical at that point.
However, unlike Dr. Outler I sure hope this isn't going to be
referred four years hence — four years of looking at what our struc-
ture is going to be like. I would rather that we address ourselves to
it seriously and in our legislative groups take what steps seem wise
to these legislative groups and shaping it up, but using it as a basic
document from which we move out of this General Conference.
Statement from Commission Representative Requested
Robert W. Burtner (Oregon-Idaho) asked that a member
of the Structure Study Commission comment on how checks
and balances on power are provided in the Commission
proposal. Dow Kirkpatrick (Northern Illinois) responded
on behalf of the Commission. He stated that every power
proposed for the Council on Ministries was being exercised
somewhere in the church, and the Commission's proposal
would bring them together in a forum that would be visible
and responsive. He stated further that the power of the
Council on Ministries would be checked by the Annual Con-
ferences through their representation on it. He also noted
that there was a new check on power in the budgeting
process, since both the Council on Ministries and the Council
on Finance and Administration were to be involved in it.
Statement Opposing Report — Benjamin R. Oliphint
Benjamin R. Oliphint: (Louisiana) : Mr. Chairman, I would like
to speak for a moment about the relation of the local church and
the program boards. It seems to me that the local church is where
it's at and where it's going to be. The local church is concerned for
several things — two, specifically. I think first of all you need clear
visibility for resourcing the concerns of the local church. I do not
see this reflected in the program boards. In other words, I think,
Mr. Chairman, when you need help in education, you need a Board
of Education to go to get help. It needs to be that clear.
I think the second thing that comes from the experience of the
local church is that we have a variety of people in local churches.
And that variety of people and their concerns and interests should
be upheld and strengthened by this plan. I think that when we take
some of the concerns and shove them down and make them into one
board, we there undo the balance that we need in the local church.
We have a vast audience of people in the local church with many
interests. We need to recognize that and serve those interests to
bring them together. I think that these two things are very impor-
tant. I don't think that the program board structure does either of
these things.
John B. Warman (Western Pennsylvania) spoke in op-
position to the report and in favor of continuing the Pro-
gram Council as an alternative to the proposed Council on
Ministries.
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Statement Supporting Report — D. Clifford Crummey
Hamilton T. Bostvell (California-Nevada) asked that the
privilege of the floor be granted to D. Clifford CrummeT/,
a reserve delegate and member of the Structure Study Com-
mission. The privilege v^as granted.
D. Clifford Crummey (California-Nevada) : I want to speak briefly
as a member of the Structure Study Commission, but I would like
to also say that I'm one of those who after twelve years in administra-
tive work, have asked my bishop for appointment to a local church
this year. The reason is that I agree with what's been said over and
over again that in the local church is where it's at. And unless we
have a church that can be responsive to the life of people, abroad,
across Methodism, in the local church as its expression, we haven't
got a workable plan. But I'm convinced that this Structure Study
Commission Report is a responsible and responsive system that fits
together. It has the checks and balances which are necessary.
The question of power was just raised. We spent long hours and
called in experts, talked with the bishops, and talked with various
boards and agencies and persons about this subject, and I think we
have a distribution of power that will make it possible for us to
work in this church. I believe that it opens the flow from top to
bottom, entirely contrary to what Dr. Outler said, to flow both ways.
There's nothing in the plan that says everything has to come from
the top down. Really, it ought to come the other direction. I think
something like the Council on Ministries is necessary. Several of
those who have spoken in opposition today, and some who spoke in
opposition last night, have said to me, "Something like this is neces-
sary." So, let's find a way and means of making it what we want
as a General Conference.
The boards and agencies need revision from present forms; in
fact, you've asked for it in many ways and forms in the General
Conferences of Dallas and Kansas City ... St. Louis. And ours is
a most plausible and possible one. Certain parts of it really need to
be adopted by this General Conference, if not all of it. I hope that you
will pay attention to how we have designed the boards and agencies,
because this has been done carefully, and I think Dr. Hildebrand
said most of the things I would have said here. But, lastly, I would
ask the Conference to receive the report and refer it in such a way
that it can have full and sufficient hearing so that what you want
to happen really happens, and this report becomes a means by which
you can make it happen. It is a document which is worthy of your
consideration and study. Thank you.
Statement Opposing Report — John E. Stumbo
John E. Stumbo (Kansas East) : I rise to speak in opposition to the
report. I do not wish to repeat anything that's been said, but one thing
that I've not heard that concerns me about this report, I feel inclined
to speak about. I'm a layman and as such my church work is my
avocation, if you please. That is, I have to earn a living.
One of the things that concerns me about this report is that I'm
very strongly committed, that the church in the future must ac-
commodate the layman and his power and his ability to act and make
decisions. And I do not think that this report accommodates the
concept of lay-empowerment at the local church and Annual Con-
ference level. I think it's important to realize that the layman must
take a portion of his leisure time, if you will, and devote it to the
church. It therefore becomes incumbent that we develop a system and
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a structure which most easily accommodates that layman in his at-
tempt to become an effective power-based opinion and resource in our
chui'ch. Because if we create a structure that ignores that layman,
we'll lose our church. Thank you.
Victor C. Vinluan (Northwest Philippines) spoke in sup-
port of the report, stating that it would give more recogni-
tion and participation to those parts of the church outside
the United States.
Suggestion Concerning Procedure — Leonard D. Slutz
Leonard D. Slutz (West Ohio) suggested that as soon as
possible the report should be referred to the appropriate
legislative committees in order that they might begin work
on it. He expressed the opinion that many sections of the
report would be found to be relatively noncontroversial, and
that the others could be considered in a more orderly
fashion if they were presented in the form of majority and
minority reports from the legislative committees. He sug-
gested further that the Structure Study Commission recon-
sider its plan to refer the report in its entirety to all legis-
lative committees and instead allow the General Conference
to arrive freely at its own decision about how to proceed
with the consideration of the report.
Statement Opposing Report — Harold A. Bosley
Harold Bosley (New York) : I think the suggestion which was just
made by Leonard Slutz as an umbrella suggestion is the one that I
would like to associate myself with without any hesitation. There are
two matters in this proposed structure that I am sure our legislative
committees will want to concern themselves with. One is the word
"caucus."
Now the word "caucus" is as vague as caucus itself is a real fact.
There is no provision for caucus in the Discipline ; there is no provi-
sion for caucus in legislation. I suggest that it is absolutely necessary
for us now when caucuses are so much a real part of our life to ask
some legislative committee to draw up some understanding between a
caucus and a conference and a committee. It seems to me of great
importance that this be done, done as carefully as possible. We can
have two competing caucuses asking for representation; what then
will the Nominating Committee do?
It seems to me that this is a matter we must concern ourselves with.
But one that I am even more concerned about than that that's a long
range one, is to be found on page 15 of the report, paragraph 830.
Now if as has been suggested, that all of these powers exist in the
Discipline at the present time but they are scattered around, that's
news to me about some of these. It could be a very real fact though.
I'm concerned very much about this sentence that begins on page
16, this line 16: "This power shall not include the power to change
provisions of the Discipline which established a general board and
its purpose but shall include the power to approve changes in the
internal structure of a board and to approve transfer of functions
among boards on the recommendation of the board or boards involved
subject to the ratification by the following General Conference."
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Now this as I understand it gives the General Conference the power
to create a board and the Council on Ministries the power to gut
that board, and to do it subject to the ratification of the next General
Conference.
It seems to me we are faced then with the necessity, if this is
necessary, if emergencies as we have it listed at point 2 at the bottom
of page 15, if emergencies arise, if other significant events within
a quadrennium arise which substantially affect the life of a church
that requires this, if this is our anticipation of the future which
we face, then I suggest Mr. Chairman, we ought to think seriously
about having General Conferences every two years, much as I am
startled by that prospect.
I am convinced that this places too much power in the hands of the
Council on Ministries. We create a board, but they can gut a board;
and boards can shuffle responsibilities among themselves. If this is
necessary, then I think it is necessary for the General Conference to
rethink the time of its meeting.
Mrs. Thomas DeVaux (Western Pennsylvania) spoke
in favor of retaining the present structure, on grounds that
it had not been given a fair chance since merger.
Motion to Extend Time for Debate
The Chair noted that the hour set aside for debate had
expired. Jesse R. DeWitt (Detroit) moved that the debate
be extended for an additional thirty minutes. The motion
failed to get the required two-thirds majority.
Procedural Motions — Richard W. Cain
The Chair recognized Richard W. Cain (Southern Cali-
fornia-Arizona) for the purpose of presenting procedural
motions on behalf of the Structure Study Commission.
Richard W. Cain (Southern California- Arizona) : Mr. Chairman,
I move that all members and staff of the Structure Study Commission
be granted privilege to speak when the report is before the Con-
ference or in legislative committees, without vote.
Harold Fag an (Texas) spoke in opposition to the motion.
The motion was adopted.
Mr. Cain: Mr. Chairman, and members of the Conference, I move
in behalf of the commission that the rules be suspended by a two-
thirds vote for the purpose of a motion to refer the Structure Study
Commission Report in its totality to each of the fourteen legislative
committees.
David A. Duck (South Georgia) asked a question re-
garding procedure if the motion failed. The Chair stated
that the report would then be referred to legislative com-
mittees by sections under the regular rules of the Confer-
ence. Richard 0. Johnson (California-Nevada) asked
whether, if the motion to suspend the rules passed, the mo-
tion to refer could then be debated. The chair stated that the
motion of reference would be debatable as to what is re-
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ferred and the terms of reference. Richard D. Tholin
(Northern Illinois) asked which legislative committees
would consider the first three sections of the report under
the regular rules of the Conference. The chair stated that
this would be determined by the Committee on Reference.
Lester L. Moore (Iowa) asked how the Structure Study-
Commission planned to correlate reports from the fourteen
different legislative committees if their plan of referral was
adopted. The Chair stated that this would be determined by
one of the standing administrative committees of the Con-
ference.
The motion to suspend the rules was put to a vote, and
it did not pass.
Alva H. Clark (Nebraska) moved that Paragraph 801 of
the Structure Study Commission Report be referred to all
legislative committees, and that when this paragraph had
been acted upon by the General Conference, the remainder
of the report be referred under the regular rules of the
Conference. Franklin Blackstone, Jr. (Western Pennsyl-
vania) raised a point of order. The Chair ruled that the
point of order was not well taken. George L. Poor (Pacific
Northwest) raised a point of order that since the entire
report had already been referred, Mr. Clark's motion to
refer a portion of it was out of order. The Chair sustained
the point of order and ruled that Mr. Clark's motion was
not in order.
Raoul C. Calkins (West Ohio) attempted to present a
procedural motion, but the Chair ruled that his motion
was not in order.
Melvin M. Finkbeiner (Pacific Northwest) asked if the
Committee on Reference had determined how the Structure
Study Commission Report would be referred to the several
legislative committees. Jerry G. Bray (Virginia), chairman
of the Committee on Reference, indicated that a tentative
assignment had been made. The Chair ruled that the report
of this committee would not be heard at this time.
Leigh Roberts (Wisconsin) raised a point of order; the
Chair ruled that it was not well taken. Jane Arterburn
(Louisville) raised a point of order; the Chair ruled that it
was not well taken. John C. Satterfield (Mississippi) stated
that in his judgment the ruling of the Chair was correct.
Theological Study Commission Report Deferred
Tom Reavley (Southwest Texas), speaking in behalf of
the Theological Study Commission on Doctrine and Doc-
trinal Standards, asked that the Conference defer hearing
the Commission report until the Tuesday morning session.
A vote was taken, and the report was deferred. Paid J. Bee-
man (Pacific Northwest) asked to see the vote again. The
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motion to defer the report was put to a vote again, and the
Chair ruled that it prevailed.
Announcements
Announcements were given by the Secretary, J. Wesley
Hole. D. W. Brooks (North Georgia) gave directions for
reaching St. Mark's United Methodist Church, where legis-
lative committee sessions were to be held.
Benediction
The benediction was pronounced by Bishop Frederick B.
Newell (retired).
THIRD DAY, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1972
MORNING SESSION
Opening — Bishop W. McFerrin Stowe
Pursuant to adjournment, the General Conference of The
United Methodist Church convened in the morning session
of the third day, Tuesday, April 18, 1972, at 8 :30 a.m. in
the Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia, v^ith Bishop W. McFer-
rin Stowe, Kansas Area, presiding.
Devotions
Dorothy McConnell (New York) served as the liturgist.
The Conference sang Hymn No. 464, "See How Great a
Flame Aspires"; Acts 3:15-17 and Romans 8:18-25 were
read. Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke, New York Area, spoke on the
subject, "What Are Your Expectations?" (see page 725).
Hymn No. 153, "God of Love and God of Power," was sung,
and Bishop Wicke gave the benediction. The liturgy was
created by Jeanne Audrey Powers (Minnesota) .
Choral selections were presented by the Concert Choir
of Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pennsylvania, under
the direction of Pierce Getz.
Committee on Journal
George R. Akers (Wyoming) reported that the Commit-
tee on Journal had reviewed the Journal of the opening
sessions of the Conference and found it in good order. The
report was received.
Committee on Agenda
The agenda as printed in the Daily Christian Advocate
was presented to the Conference by J. Otis Young, chair-
man of the Committee on Agenda. It was adopted.
Committee on Credentials
W. T. Handy: Mr. Chairman, members of the General Conference,
the Committee on Credentials in response to your referral yesterday,
recommends that twenty United Methodist seminarians be seated at
this General Conference with voice and without vote. One delegate
shall be selected from each of the fourteen United Methodist sem-
inaries and six at large. The latter category will provide for the
representation of United Methodist seminarians from non-United
Methodist theological schools. I so move.
Bishop Stowe: This comes to us as a recommendation from this
committee. Therefore, it is properly before us. Do you have any
questions or any discussion? Are you ready to vote? If you would
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approve this recommendation, would you let it be known by the
raising of the hand. Opposed, by the same sign. It is approved.
Nominations — Bishop Roy H. Short
The Chair recognized Bishop Roy H. Short, Secretary of
the Council of Bishops, who presented nominations from
the Council of Bishops. The following persons were nomi-
nated to serve as members of the Commission on Entertain-
ment and Program for a term of eight years to expire in
1980: Daniel L. Shearer (Central Pennsylvania), W. Scott
Bozeman (Florida), Norma Larson (Minnesota), Carl C.
Hall (Little Rock), Jack M. Tuell (Pacific Northwest)
DeWayne S. Woodring (East Ohio), and Anderson C. Epps
(North Georgia). In addition the nomination of Grantas E.
Hoopert (Central Pennsylvania) was submitted as a substi-
tute for Daniel Shearer as a member of the Committee on
Courtesies and Privileges.
Those nominated were elected.
Committee Reports
The Chair recognized Mrs. Alvirita Little (Pacific North-
west), who stated that the Committee on Courtesies and
Privileges had no report.
Jack M. Tuell (Pacific Northwest) reported on behalf of
the Committee on Presiding Officers that Bishop Roy C.
Nichols, Pittsburgh Area, would preside at the Wednesday
morning session.
Theological Study Commission on Doctrine and Doctrinal
Standards (see page 1988)
The Chair recognized Albert C. Outler (North Texas),
chairman of the Commission, for the presentation of the
report. Dr. Outler introduced the members of the Commis-
sion and consultants who had worked with it.
He noted that the report was being proposed as a replace-
ment for the existing Part II of The Book of Discipline
and outlined the procedure the Commission proposed to fol-
low in presenting the report. He asked, on behalf of the
Commission, that the report then be considered by the Con-
ference as soon as the Agenda Committee could schedule
time for such consideration.
He then proceeded with the presentation of the report.
Dr. Outler: The most obvious feature of this report is what it is
not. It is not a new creed, nor a new set of Articles of Religion,
nor a Confession of Faith, nor a new set of General Rxdes. The old
ones are still retained, in the middle of our text, in their original
versions. This is by design, or course, for the next most obvious
thing about the report is that it is not a simple reaffirmation of the
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old Part II, either. The old Articles, and Confession and Rules have
been set in a new context of interpretation, and this means a deci-
sive change in their role in the theological enterprise in The United
Methodist Church.
Now this calls for an explanation, and any such explanation would
have to begin with a reference to our mandate from the General
Conference of 1968 (^ 1419) :
". . . to bring to the General Conference of 1972 a progress
report concerning "Doctrine and Doctrinal Standards" in the United
Methodist Church. If the Commission deems it advisable," said
that mandate, "it may undertake the preparation of a contemporary
formulation of doctrine and belief, in supplementation to all an-
tecedent formulations. . ."
To many in that Conference and throughout tlie church this meant
a new creed or something like that. In the beginning, we were some-
times referred to as "the new Creedal Commission." And, of course,
we did consider that possibility: a new creed, a new confession of
faith, a new doctrinal summary and affirmation. In fact, one of the
general work assignments for the Commission as a whole was the
production of experimental forms of creeds and liturgical affirmation
and doctrinal summary — not one but many — and this turned up three
or four texts of truly high quality that deserve to be published
and used throughout the church.
We are certainly, therefore, not against creed-making. Our con-
cern however is not with a single creed but with the guidelines
that should be followed in any given case of ci'eed-making and the
claims that any given creed or summary might be able to make to
have authority in The United Methodist Church or among United
Methodist people. But one of the earliest decisions that emerged in
our exploratory discussions was that a single creed, displacing the
two that we have now, whatever its form or quality, that claimed
any sort of official monopoly in the church would not really serve the
cause of theological renewal, or for that matter of theological clarity.
Doctrinal confusion cannot be overcome by official dogmatic pro-
nouncement. There is something profoundly self-deceiving in the as-
sumption that valid authority in disputed question can ever flo\y from
their majority vote in the General Conferences. Such majorities
weaken rather than strengthen a church's real authority. A better
way, we came to realize, was to strike for a new understanding of
the problems of the norms and the normative in theology and ethics
and then to seek for a clearer vision of our doctrinal heritage as a
resource for solving these problems of norms and the normative.
This is not a cop-out. It is instead the acknowledgement of three
decisive factors affecting our current situation in The United Meth-
odist Church and in the Christian world everywhere.
To begin with there is no denying the fact that our United Meth-
odist ways with doctrine has always been more emotive and practical
than dogmatic and speculative. We have tended to value doctrine
for its effective service in the evangelistic and nurturing tasks of
the church even as we have also tended to define the church herself
in terms of mission rather than of form. This, in an age of con-
fusion like ours, has made for a bewildering spectrum of doctrinal
diversity within The United Methodist Church, in our official litera-
ture and various public pronouncements in our seminaries, pulpits,
pews and in our public lobbies as well.
Somewhere in The United Methodist Church there is somebody
urging every kind of theology still alive and not a few that are dead,
but your commission came to realize that this appai-ent bedlam is, at
least in part, the perversion of an older, profounder principle of
positive importance, that is to say, of doctrinal pluralism, doctrinal
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diversity in Christological unity. Far from being a license to doc-
trinal recklessness or indifferentism, the Wesleyan principle of plural-
ism holds in dynamic balance both the biblical focus of all Christian
doctrine and also the responsible freedom that all Christians must
have in their theological reflections and public teaching.
Its premise is expressed in Wesley's familiar maxim: "As to all
opinions which do not strike at the root of Christianity, we Methodists
think and let think," and there was never any doubt for him the
taproot of Christianity was the Scriptural mystery of God in Christ
and not much else, really. It is simply a fact that United Methodist
doctrinal standards have always had a pluralistic cast to them. Wes-
ley's Sermons and Notes and behind them the Book of Common
Prayer, the Anglican Homilies and Articles and the Evangelical and
United Brethren Articles and Confessions never were understood as
merely judicial statutes. Rather, they were so many varied witnesses
to the truth of Scripture and then to the negative limits of allowable
public teaching. What then happened, of course, was that all too many
Methodists found it all too easy to slide off the high plane of doctrinal
pluralism as a positive virtue into the slough of doctrinal indifferen-
tism and chaos.
In my own judgment, the most important single achievement of
this report, by its intention at least, is our attempted reversal of this
trend toward indifferentism, by pointing, especially in Part III, to
the central core of common Christian teaching that we share with
other Christians, and yet also to our own distinctive guidelines for
responsible theologizing in the Wesley, Albright, Otterbein tradition.
How well we have succeeded is, of course, for this Conference and
the wider theological forum outside this Conference and outside this
church — for we have tried to speak to them as well — it is for these to
judge.
In any case, to have come to you with a doctrinal creed or summary
that would have pretended to monopolize the doctrinal enterprise
would have been profoundly unwise, and misleading to boot! More-
over, in the second place, we were very soon and very deeply impressed
by the vitality and the relevance of the various new protestant theol-
ogies, emerging in this epoch of radical change: "black theology,"
"women's liberation theology," "third-world theology," etc.
While rejecting their exclusivistic claims — as we have also rejected
all doctrinal monopolies, on principle — we are still very eager for
all Christians to hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches
through them: their protests against injustice and indignity to any
of God's children, their protests for the paramount rights of the
human person, at every level of interpersonal and social relation-
ships, regardless of race, sex, nationality or life-style.
We are also prepared to take seriously and urge you to take seri-
ously all the various emergent theological viewpoints that are bidding
for dominance, or at least a hearing, nowadays — "process theology,"
"development theology," "linguistic analysis," "existentialism," the
"new transcendentalisms" of various sorts — as well as the veritable
kaleidoscope of special-interest theologies in current fashion: theol-
ogies of "hope," "ecology" (and, over on the other side, the new
"pentecostalisms," the "Jesus Movement," "the Childi-en of God,"
etc., etc.).
Taken, all together, these various "protestant" and "special-inter-
est" theologies point to the rich diversity that the Christian mind
can and ought to make room for. But by the very same token, they
also suggest that the official sponsorship of any one of these theol-
ogies by The United Methodist Church, to the derogation of any of
the others, would be wildly imprudent in practice, and wrong in
principle. Besides, we must never forget that the question of doc-
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trinal standards in The United Methodist Church is closely related
to our long-standing commitment to the larger cause of Christian
unity.
The prime imperative in all serious ecumenical dialogue is that
each tradition be prepared to interpret itself to all the others, honestly
and openly, without triumphalism or apology, without misleading
claims and fruitless polemics. For United Methodists this plainly
means not only to confess, but to expose our doctrinal pluralism. Our
concern for pluralism as a positive theological virtue has been rein-
forced by a third distinctive feature of our epoch, and this may be
the most important one of all — the rise and spread of what John
Courtney Murray (and Wilhelm Dilthey before him) spoke of as
"the historical consciousness," by contrast with the older "classical
consciousness" that dominated the Christian understanding of doc-
trine and dogma since Constantine.
In the European state churches, and even in America up to our
own time, there has been a tendency to regard creeds and confes-
sions much in the same way that the secular states construe their
legislative statutes — that is, as juridical enactments, enforceable by
punitive sanctions against all violators, or else let simply slide into the
oblivion of the dead letter, which in fact happens to our Articles in
our Discipline. But whereas positive law has gone on changing, dog-
matic formularies tend to resist change— and in one sense rightly so,
since Christian truth, if it ever could be fully stated in propositional
form would then be the creed to end all creeds, the doctrines to
end all doctrinal formulations and only have to be repeated thereafter
till people understood it properly.
In the past, the appearance of new creeds has always meant dis-
placement of the last one you had with the normal implication that the
last one had some sort of insufficiency (or maybe error!). But once
you confess the past creed had an error that your forefathers and
some others could not see, then you say they had an error, what may
be lurking in our creed that our children may see? This juridical
mindset was as typical of "classical Protestantism" as of Roman
Catholicism up till Vatican II.
Now, our emerging historical consciousness that all of us in this
room share, one way or another, has altered this static view of
dogma beyond all i-ecognition and control. Nowadays we ask, as if
by instinct, about the historical context of any document or pro-
nouncement.
This sense of context and perspective has made modern his-
tory possible, and modern Biblical study, too, as one of its by-products.
It allows us to appreciate the ancient creeds and confessions afresh
and then to repossess their living truth in the light of radically
new experience. This holds true for the Apostles' Creed, the Augsburg
Confession, the Westminster Catechism. It holds for Wesley's Ser-
mons. It holds for his Notes, and especially it holds for our Articles
and Confession.
Time was when these landmark documents were contemporary and
the interesting thing is that the most contemporary thing about them
when they were first formulated are the things that are now most
clearly dated about them in our own eyes. But each one of them also
enshrines perennial Christian truth ; and in that sense they are still
contemporary! Old articles don't have to be discarded. They don't
have to be reiterated, either. Thus, we have felt ourselves quite
free to retain our historical landmarks without embarrassment or
apology, but then quite deliberately, to set them in a new twin per-
spective or interpretation — of our heritage, on the one hand, (and
that's Part I) and our contemporary crisis on the other (and that's
what Part II is talking about) .
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W© hope that you have noticed that we have tried to clarify the
contextual relationships between the Articles, the Confession, and
Wesley's Sermons and Notes and Rules, in order to clarify the refer-
ence to the first restrictive rule about "our present existing and estab-
lished standards of doctrines." We have not altered these standards,
as such, but we have proposed a genuinely new principle for doc-
trinal self-understanding in The United Methodist Church. Thus, we
have tried to reaffirm our share in the Christian tradition, as a
whole, even as we have also tried to accent, once again, the distinctive
Wesleyan guidelines (Scripture, tradition, experience, reason); and
it is these guidelines that we propose to you as our best safeguard
against doctrinal indiff erentism !
Now, Mr. Chairman, we would not wish to claim too much for this
report. It bears the blemishes of haste and the inelegancies of com-
mittee English. There is at least one misspelling that I apologize for,
and one split infinitive that proves that the Committee got the best of
the Chairman more than once. It is, as some of you say, too long.
To this, one might respond, without any disrespect and with all-
loving friendship, that in a Discipline that has 268 pages devoted to
"Administrative Order" and 53 pages to "Property," less than 40
pages for "Doctrinal Statements and the General Rules" is not wildly
disproportionate, especially when you look at our early Disciplines,
where they, so to say, had gotten the "hang of it."
If this report could be put to fruitful use in promoting theological
reflection amongst United Methodists, and if it could also serve the
urgent cause of helping our theological identity in the eyes of other
Christians, the extra print and paper would be as well justified as
most of the wood pulp we use up daily.
And yet, for all its faults, there are three bold claims I make
for the report, without any personal immodesty or misgiving. The
first is that it is a truly corporate product of this Commission as a
whole — an unstinted, cumulative, cooperative effort by a wonderfully
representative, which is also to say "hard-headed" and difficult, group
of United Methodists, all working on marginal time and within a
very frugal budget! . . .
Now, my second claim is that minimally, at least, the report faith-
fully represents the best in the traditions of the Wesleyans, of Al-
bright, and Otterbein, not by replication, but by re-presentation and
re-interpretation. As such, it is offered as a useful guide for those
who wish to repossess those traditions and to renew them for further
service in Christian mission. This is crucially important if The United
Methodist Church is to have any sustainable revival of the gospel in
a contemporary version of John Wesley's catholic spirit.
My third claim is that, however crudely, this repoi't lays the foun-
dations for the still further development of a stable theory of doc-
trinal interpi-etation in The United Methodist Church. It is offered
less as a legislative statute than as an act of encouragement and
enablement. We have tried to open the way for the widest possible
participation of United Methodists in the mutual task of the teaching
church. Instead of presuming to tell our people what to think, theo-
logically, we have tried to offer basic guidance as to how we may
all do theologically together, faithful to our rich and yet very di-
verse heritage, and yet also relevant to our present ideological con-
fusion. If it is adopted and taken seriously enough, which would also
mean critically enough, it could quite conceivably become something
of a landmark in itself. It could also, of course, serve this Confer-
ence and the church to a barely stifled yawn and go down as yet
another of our high-minded but largely wasted efforts. Our fears go
one way; our hopes and prayers go the other.
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Procedure Proposed by Commission
Dr. Outler stated that the Commission had petitioned the
Judicial Council for its judgment as to the process by which
Part II of The Book of Discipline may be amended. He ex-
pressed the hope of the Commission that, whatever the
ruling of the Judicial Council, the report would be con-
sidered as a constitutional amendment, with the stipulation
that the work of the Commission was not in violation of
the first restrictive rule, but that it was instead "proposing
a new development in the interpretation of the process by
which doctrinal reflection and teaching ought to evolve,
go on evolving, in The United Methodist Church."
He stated the view of the Commission that this change
needs to be supported by a solidly affirmative vote; the
Commission would therefore request that final action be by
a written recorded ballot. If such a ballot were strongly
affirmative, the Commission would propose that the report
be referred to the Annual Conferences for discussion and
appropriate action. The Commission would then further
propose the creation of an Editorial Committee for the
1973-76 quadrennium which would prepare an anthology
of doctrinal affirmations, summaries, creeds, and liturgies
for use in the church. In the event the vote of the General
Conference was unfavorable or a narrow majority, the
Commission would propose that Part II of The Book of
Discipline remain the same for another quadrennium and
a new Theological Study Commission be established to con-
tinue the project.
Statements by Commission Members
Dr. Outler introduced four members of the Commission
who made statements on behalf of the report.
J. Bruce Behney (United Theological Seminary) : Since serious
discussion began on uniting the Methodist and the Evangelical United
Brethren Churches it has been said that differences in doctrinal em-
phases among them were minimal. Generally speaking this was true.
But a careful study of the 25 Methodist Articles and the Confession
of Faith of the Evangelical United Brethren Church has shown that
at a number of points the spirit and the letter of the doctrinal state-
ments are different.
Nevertheless, as shown in Section I of the report, close doctrinal
agreements are to be found in the early history of the three denomi-
nations which are now one in The United Methodist Church.
The Evangelicals, as early as 1809, expressed their doctrinal be-
liefs largely by accepting with only slight revision a German trans-
lation of the Methodist Discipline and the Articles of Faith. The early
United Brethren, although interested in this German translation, did
not accept this as an official pronouncement of their polity or beliefs.
This was due to the fact that Phillip Otterbein, the only leader in
both German groups who had full theological training, was inclined to
express his doctrinal beliefs in the terms of warm pietism and the
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greatly modified Calvinism which had developed within the German
Reformed Theological School at Herrborn, Germany, where he had
received his theological training.
Incidentally, this was not a position casually to be called Armen-
ianism. In the early United Brethren Conferences, Otterbein gave
doctrinal discourses to which his theologically untrained associates
listened with close attention and with great profit. Otterbein's utter-
ances, confirmed by several of his written doctrinal statements which
have been preserved, support the belief that he was broad and gentle
in his religious convictions, with a very clearly expressed ecumenical
spirit. The consequence of this led the United Brethren to be the
freest of the three branches of our united church in their earliest
years, and therefore able to hold a doctrinal position which can be
harmonized with the Wesleyan tradition.
This can be seen in the sharing in the doctrinal guidelines which
typified the Wesleyan tradition. Yet even here, along with the Evan-
gelicals, the United Brethren differed at least in emphasis from the
Methodists. Instead of the four guidelines as set forth in Section
3 of the Commission's report; namely, scripture, tradition, experi-
ence and reason, with each of the four guidelines receiving a com-
parable emphasis, the Evangelicals and the United Brethren placed
greater and firmer stress on religious experience. This fact, incidently,
was pointed out by Professor William Henry Naumann in his doc-
trinal thesis submitted to, and accepted by, Yale University in 1963.
Professor Naumann goes on to say that while this religious experi-
ence was often vei'y emotional, the religious convictions emerging
from it were called into question if they did not conform to calm,
even though uncritical, Biblical interpretations, to clear and clearly
expressed common sense, and if in consequence of this they did not
issue in good works based on morality and self -discipline.
As the histories of the Evangelical United Brethren Churches de-
veloped, these standards and judgments came to be more orderly,
especially as schools of religion such as seminaries came into exis-
tence. Hence, the traditional Evangelical United Brethren emphasis
upon religious experience. Biblical guidance, clear common sense, and
moral zeal came to closely parallel to the Wesleyan quadrilateral guide-
lines of scripture, tradition, experience and reason.
This being the case the former Evangelical United Brethren should
have no difficulty, it seems to me, in subscribing to this whole report
including the statements in Section 3, entitled namely The Gospel in
The New Age, United Methodists and the Christian Tradition, Dis-
tinctive EmiJhases of United Methodists, and Theological Frontiers
and New Directions.
William G. Smartt (New York) : Archimedes, the philosopher, said,
"Give me a place to stand, and I will move the earth." Unfortunately,
though. United Methodists, theologically speaking, have no such place
to stand, but the eff'orts of the Theological Commission do represent
an effort to formulate what we believe and provide a method to con-
struct sound belief. Spiritual poverty exists among those who say
"belief is not important" and those who don't know what they believe.
In addition, we are so caught up in the need for social change,
problems of racism and war, that we think social change of itself
can bring about a just society, a Utopia, even the kingdom of God.
Little do we realize that until our foundations for social change rest
upon right belief and sound doctrine, social impetus will lose its
momentum.
Until we see the question of racism, war, poverty, etc. m the larger
context of man's inability to relate positively to one another, and
see the relatedness of social problems to the major areas of faith,
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redemption, justification, sanctification, etc. we then will be headed
for doom.
As Dr. Trueblood points out in his book A Place to Stand, he
says what is needed (these are my own words) are a whole new bunch
of cats who have reached a firm place to stand and who are able to
tell us the road by which they have come and why they have taken
it. I think the efforts of the Theological Commission is a step in that
direction, helping all of us to re-evaluate our own postures and help-
ing those who will come behind us and give them some direction and
some hope and, above all, a foundation upon which to stand. Thank
you very much.
Emerson Colaiv (West Ohio) : A seminary professor remarked to
a group of preachers: "Never let me hear you say you are not a
theologian. As you preach and teach in the local church you are the
theologian in residence." Now this is a difficult image for some of
us to accept, and as Dr. Thornburg, secretary of our Commission,
observed in an article in the Advocate there was a time when the book
was called The Doctrine And Discipline of The Methodist Church;
then we omitted the word Doctrine from the title, leaving some to
suggest that United Methodism had dropped doctrine out of life.
And yet every pastor, possibly every layman, has encountered the
question, "What does your church believe?" The answer has usually
been: "What one particular United Methodist believes." This report
will make it possible for us to speak with some assurance of emphases
and directions which we hold in common. I would confess that initially
I was disappointed we were not going to try our hand at forming a
creed. I thought this would be a valued liturgical asset, as well as
an aid in our teaching ministry, but creed suggests unanimity of
thought, and once they are produced often tend to discourage further
theological inquiry.
Some of us would feel that a part of our genius is the richness of
our doctrinal diversity. So what we have in the report is not a
theological party line to which we must all subscribe. It is an effort
to call thoughtful attention to sources and content of our message.
It does not attempt to tell us what to say or preach. It does provide
guidelines which will not only encourage us to do theological thinking
but will assist us in our evangelistic outreach, in celebration and wor-
ship, in our nurturing responsibility and in meaningful social applica-
tion. Now not every idea has been expressed in the way I would
prefer, and there are times when we admit that the document looks
as though it wei-e put together by a committee. And yet I think as
you read it you'll discover that there are passages and sections where
it literally sings. Throughout the language is reasonably non-technical,
for the Commission always labored with the needs of the local church
in view.
It's for these reasons, as a pastor, that I urge us not only to receive
the report, but I hope we will take the document home and use it
in the further renewal of our parish life. Thank you.
Bishop William R. Cannon (Raleigh Area) : A prominent lay mem-
ber of this Conference said to me about the report we are now con-
sidering, "The first and second sections on our doctrinal history and
on the formularies of the faith are all right, but I'm not sure about
Section III. It seems to contradict Section I and to contravene Section
II. It looks like you're asking us to do over again what our fathers
have already done so well for us."
In one sense we are asking our people to do just that. Theology
is no more than a museum of old treasures unless it is rethought, re-
stated and reapplied by every new generation. The revelation of God
to man, the divine content of faith, is contained only in the Scripture:
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the mighty acts of God himself in behalf of his people and the direc-
tives of God spoken by prophets and apostles and personified perfectly
in the life, death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ — the Word
made flesh that dwelt among us.
Theology, on the other hand, is a science that we as receptive
human beings construct out of our thought on and interpretation of
the data of revelation. We receive these data, like everything else,
through experience. What we receive we test by observing the effec-
tiveness of our beliefs on our own lives and the inspiration and em-
powerment they afford us in making the gospel real to other people.
I see a lot of my classmates in seminary at Yale University a long
time ago as delegates here. They will remember our old professor of
theology, how he put the matter succinctly when he said a man has a
right to believe what he must in order to live as he ought. A man
has to do that in every age in which he lives; therefore. Section III
is different from Sections I and II in this report, but it is neither a
denial of our history nor a repudiation of our confession. Rather it
is an appreciation and grateful affirmation of both, and an invitation
to our people to theologize as a church in this age as our fathers
theologized so well in theirs.
We've sought to discriminate the basic principles which they em-
ployed and which are still essential and operative if we are to succeed
in our efforts now. Whatever we do in the way of theological con-
struction and doctrinal interpretation must be rooted and grounded
in Scripture, must be capable of confirmation and experience, and
must commend itself to reason — that is, to good hard common sense.
It's apt to be true if it works — I've never been averse to pragmatism
— if it works; that is, if it's preachable, if lives are transformed
through its proclamation and the world is improved by its message.
A theology that you can't use in preaching is spurious. I am glad that
the report of this Commission comes early on the agenda. I hope that
it will be adopted after study. I hope that you, as you read it, will
use its guidelines as we assess other reports; for example, that of
the Commission on the Social Creed. Theology is the tutor of ethics,
and Christian morality always and invariably is the expression in
personal behaviour and social action of the Christian faith. If our
concept of God and our relationship to Him is inadequate, then
what we do will be less than what we ought to do. It's not enough, as
St. Augustine said, to know from what things to refrain our love,
but we must know as well where to bestow it. And this knowledge
is the gift of faith.
On behalf of the Commission, Dr. Outler moved that the
report remain before the Conference for consideration and
action at a time to be designated by the Agenda Committee.
The motion was approved.
Prayer Concerning the War in Vietnam
E. Paul linger (Central Illinois) stated that the Youth
Delegation Caucus, the Youth Caucus and the Seminarian
Caucus were asking the Conference to join in a prayer con-
cerning the war in Vietnam. The Chair asked if the Con-
ference would grant the request, and it was voted that it
be done.
E. Paul Unger: We confess. Oh Lord, our continuing concern over
a continuing war that has made us weary. We know, Oh Lord, the
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judgment that is in that war against us and against the nations
who resort to the force of arms in the settlement of differences.
We just pray, Oh Lord, that you would help our leaders and the
leaders of other countries involved in struggles such as these, but
particularly our own leaders, to understand that there must be other
ways than war to strive for the issue of peace, through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
The Conference was in recess for fifteen minutes.
Social Principles Study Commission (see page 1932)
The Chair recognized Melvin G. Talbert (Southern Cali-
fornia-Arizona) for the presentation of the report. Mr.
Talbert indicated that he would make a statement concern-
ing the report, followed by a presentation by the chairman
of the Commission, Bishop James S. Thomas, Iowa Area.
There would then be a motion of reference.
Melvin Talbert: A book that most of us are familiar with is
a book entitled Future Shock by Alvin Toffler, and as we read that
book we discover that it reveals to us the possible results of mankind,
if he is not capable of adjusting to the rapid changes that are in-
evitable. This document that we have written has a positive and
forward thrust which propels us into the future with a sense of
excitement and optimism. As we act upon this document, and we
will be doing that at a later point in this General Conference, we
need to be reminded of the fact that the Word did become flesh
and dwell among us.
This document is designed to challenge our church, you, me and
all United Methodists, to become the living manifestation of that
Word which was and is expressed in the life and ministry of Jesus
Christ. To this end we have dealt with unpopular and controversial
issues, but to have done less we would have failed in our efforts to
faithfully respond to the task set before us by the 1968 General
Conference, and we would have failed to respond to the call of God
for our lives. In his book Where Do We Go From Here, Chapter 6,
entitled "The World House," the late Dr. Martin Luther King made
this statement, and I quote: "Some years ago a famous novelist
died. Among his papers were found a list of suggested plots for
future stories. The most prominently underscored being this one,
'A Widely Separated Family Inherited a House in Which They
Have To Live Together.' " The theme for our document is community.
Now this concept became an exciting one for us. When we recognize
that it is within the various communities that we find ourselves,
we are challenged to work out of our existence. We may describe
these as natural communities, or human communities. So we have
come here today excited about the possibilities for this document
in our church.
We believe it can and would be one instrument through which we
can speak to our constituency and to all persons of faith, challenging
them to become faithful and committed servants in both word and
deed. And so, we commit this report to you with the hope that you
will adopt it following consideration by the Legislative Committee on
Christian Social Concerns.
Bishop James S. Thomas
Mr. Talbert introduced Bishop Thomas, the chairman of
the Social Principles Study Commission. Bishop Thomas
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introduced the other members of the Commission, He re-
viewed the mandate given the Commission by the 1968
General Conference and the progress of its work during the
quadrennium. He commented on the diversity reflected in
the membership of the Commission and the strength this
has added to its deliberations. He stated that when the re-
port comes to the Conference for final action, two additional
materials would be with it, one being a "Liturgy of Social
Witness," prepared by Richard D. Tholin (Northern Hli-
nois), and the other an "Aflfirmation of Social Action" by
J. Elliott Corbett (Staff, General Board of Christian Social
Concerns).
Bishop Thomas: I would want to refer quite briefly and pointedly
to some of the major things that must be done with whatever we
adopt as the official statement of this Conference.
1. In the present Book of Discipline, section 4 of Paragraph 96,
the following is stated: Our Mandate: Read, Study, Apply — We
recommend that this Social Creed be presented to our congregations
orally or in printed form at least once a year and that frequent
reference be made to it. Every local church shall encourage the
study of the Social Creed and seek to apply its principles."
Our Commission regards this as a highly significant mandate that
might well be appended to the official Statement of Social Principles
that will be adopted by the 1972 General Conference. However, our
Commission strongly believes that the mandate should be extended
in ways which this General Conference will certainly decide. We
recommend that the Social Principles that are adopted here be com-
mended to the general boards and agencies as well as being read in
the local churches, that the Social Principles be commended for study
and reading and careful implementation to local churches, as well
as to Annual Conferences, to investment committees, as well as to
personal individual lives. Our recommendation is an attempt to have
the Social Principles find their way into the lifestream of the church.
No one needs to make a statement as to how badly we need new
texts, both theologically, ethically and from the standpoint of resolu-
tion. But both you and I know that this is not the area of crucial
failure. It is the acting out of the gospel, after articulation, the
being and the doing of the gospel for which the world now dies.
And it is our hope that these Social Principles will find their way
into the lifestream, the behavior, the habits, the motivations, the
structures of society in such a way that our church might become
a power for our Lord Jesus Christ in 1972 and the years following.
Now, while we know that in a statement of this type we'll always
face differences in point of view, we believe that the urgency of
social issues and the desperate state of the world demands some
clear word from United Methodists.
Our recommendation, this Statement of Social Principles, is not
an attempt simply to speak the world's language, but it is clearly
an attempt to give clear meaning to the crucial areas in which human
beings struggle and sometimes die. It is an attempt to speak the
word of the gospel to a secular generation without ourselves for-
getting the mandate which we have from the Lord of all the earth.
2. Believing that the present widespread search for new ways of
worshipping God is a great opportunity for the church, we are
presenting two suggested worship forms of the Social Principles,
not for your adoption, you being quite able to adopt these to your
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uses as you see fit. These, we hope, will be upon your table when
this report comes back from Committee, and we hope you will find
ready use in worship for these ancillary materials.
3. It is inevitable that many will wonder why specific issues were
not given more extensive treatment. This must not be seen as lack
of interest or emphasis. The Commission defined its task as that of
setting forth principles general enough to be the basis of more specific
resolutions, yet specific enough to leave no doubt as to the subject
under consideration. A statement of social principles is not a long
commentary on sixty-nine issues. In our review it is the basis on which
we might frame our thinking and from which our specific resolutions
might be taken, and we have assumed that the Book of Resolutions
which came to us after the 1968 General Conference will also be
coming to us, after the 1972 General Conference.
I think you readily recognize the problem. If the Commission had
attempted all the elaborations they desired to do, on such subjects
as drugs and war, it would be presenting a document that would be
at least three times as long as the present document. One of our
major difficulties was the attempt to make this document short
enough, yet comprehensive enough to be usable, and this we have
sought faithfully to do. Instead of such a lengthy document, the
Commission sought to speak as clearly as we could to certain areas
of life that are crucial in the 1970's.
Just a quick example of how this approach might be helpful at
this point: In section C of the former Methodist Creed, two para-
graphs are given to crime and rehabilitation. They were honored
paragraphs serving their day and generation quite well. However,
when our Commission studied this area, it became necessary to consid-
er, not only crime, but the prison system, as last September's Attica
all too graphically underlined. Not only deviant crime, but the ease
with which some are arrested, if they are poor and unconventional,
and the similar ease by whch some escape harass — not simply crude
crime, but respectable crime must be the concern of our church. In
a word, the crucial issue surrounding the administration of justice
required a broader interpretation of our work, and this we sought
to do.
Also, in the former EUB Social Concerns, three paragraphs were
given to racial and cultural relations. Again, they served their day
and generation well. Given the times in which we live, your Com-
mission considered it important to speak specifically concerning the
rights of women, the rights of our youth, the rights of ethnic minori-
ties, the rights of children, and we received numerous suggestions to
speak about the rights of men.
With this background of our nature, work and procedure, it is
now my privilege, Mr. Chairman, to offer this entire report of the
Social Principles Commission and respectfully and carefully commend
it to your most careful attention. And may the good God guide all
of us to be the pilgrim church, improving it upward, not downward —
outward, not inward, with an all-inclusive reach toward the people
of God for whom Christ died.
Referral of the Report
Melvin G. Talbert moved that the report be referred to
the Legislative Committee on Christian Social Concerns.
Carroll H. Long (Holston) raised a point of order that the
motion to refer to a specific committee v^as not in accor-
dance with the regular rules of the Conference. The Chair
stated that the Conference had the right either to send the
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report to the Committee on Reference for referral or to
specify legislative committees to which it should be referred.
Ted I. Richardson (Southwest Texas) moved as a sub-
stitute that the report be sent to the Committee on Refer-
ence for referral. Mr. Talbert accepted the substitute on
behalf of the Commission. The Chair called for the vote,
and the report was referred.
Interpreter for Delegates from Zaire
The Chair stated that there had been a request for per-
mission to seat an interpreter with the delegates from
Zaire to facilitate their participation in the Conference. It
was moved, seconded and voted that such permission be
granted.
Commission to Study the Ministry (see page 1711)
The Chair recognized Bishop D. Frederick Wertz, West
Virginia Area, chairman of the Commission to Study the
Ministry. Bishop Wertz stated that he would make a state-
ment introducing the report, that there would be additional
statements by Gene E. Sease (Western Pennsylvania) and
Jack M. Tuell (Pacific Northwest), and that the presenta-
tion would then be concluded with a motion of reference.
Bishop Wertz stated that a review of the history of both
the Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren Churches
evidenced a continuing interest in the study of the ministry
of the church. He reviewed the specific mandate given this
Commission by the 1968 General Conference. Members and
consultants of the Commission were introduced.
Bishop Wertz: Now I should like to make seven quick observations
about the vi'ork of this commission. The first is that we attempted
to operate from the theological base which is posited within the Book
of the Discipline where we affirm our commitment to ministry in
the Christian church which is derived from the ministry of Christ,
the ministry of the Father through the incarnate Son by the Holy
Spirit. It is a ministry bestowed upon and required of the entire
church. But the Book of Discipline goes on to affirm that there are
persons within the ministry of the baptized who are called of God
and set apart by the church for the specialized ministry of Word,
Sacrament and order. This is the ordained ministry of The United
Methodist Church, and it cherishes its origin in the Christian tradition
and in the Wesleyan tradition from which it has come.
The commission believes that the church is responsible for the
selection and education of an adequate number of qualified persons
to carry out its ministry. This responsibility begins in a local con-
gregation and is shared by boards of ministry and church administra-
tors at every conference level and by the church's schools of theology;
and it is on the basis of this understanding of and commitment to
the ministry of the church that the commission proceeded to do its
work. In the second place, I want to call your attention to the relation-
ship which exists between the schools of theology and the church.
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Those institutions are not owned or controlled by the church at
large ; they are autonomous institutions, and the only authority which
we hold over them is the authority of persuasion and the authority
which accrues to that body responsible for the distribution of the
funds by which those institutions are supported. It is important to
understand that as you consider this report and know that each
Board of Directors or Board of Trustees is responsible in its steward-
ship for the affairs of its institutions.
In the third place, the Commission desires to commend the theologi-
cal schools of the church for the significant service they render and
for the quality of their performance as it is evidenced in the lives
of those young men and women who are the products of our schools.
You have every reason to be proud of the schools of theology, fourteen
of them, which are presently serving the ministerial needs of The
United Methodist Church.
In the fourth place, we would like to observe that the whole question
of ministerial manpower needs is an open question for discussion.
Projections of these needs vary widely. But when all the evidence is
in, it seems to us as though the need for ministerial leadership in the
life of the church over the next ten years is not likely to vary
substantially from what it is today. And this is to say that the
capacity of our present schools is more than adequate to the need
which the church shall face in the next decade.
In the fifth place, we should like to call attention, by way of
observation, to the question of the stewardship of our resources. We
are hearing a great deal these days about reordering of our priorities.
That is to say, the financial resources that are available to the
church must be used in such a way as to justify the stewardship
which has been committed to our care. . . .
In the sixth place, by way of observation, the Commission would
like to emphasize the need for varieties of theological education
experiences in a church like The United Methodist Church. There
is no one carefully prescribed program of theological education which
is adequate to all of our needs, and a part of our genius is to be
found in the fact that there are varieties of opportunities among
us. And you may be grateful for that.
My seventh observation is simply to say that the Commission was
extremely sensitive to the resources of the church in theological
education — the resources of manpower, represented by great faculties
spread across this nation; the human resources that are represented
in the student bodies enrolled in all of our seminaries ; and in what-
ever is done to affect the future of these institutions. We need to be
concerned about the effects of those decisions upon the lives
of men and women who are themselves intimately involved in the
process. We are aware, likewise, of the material resources available
to us, and we believe the church is called upon to use those resources
in responsible ways.
Theological education will cost more in the days to come than it
has cost in the past. There is no reason for us to believe that we
can support the kinds of schools of theology this church needs with
fewer dollars tomorrow than we spent yesterday. The demands for
increasing support will be upon us. But there is a concomitant
demand that we be good stewards in the use of those resources, so
that the church may be faithful to its task.
Gene E. Sease (Western Pennsylvania) called attention
to the six principles for the future of theological education
presented in the Commission's report. He also reviewed the
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five recommendations contained in the Commission report
for seminaries in specific geographical areas.
Jack M. Tuell (Pacific Northwest) called attention to
the Commission's recommendations on continuing educa-
tion as contained in the report. He then referred the Con-
ference to the section of the report dealing with administra-
tive structure for advancement of the church's ministry.
Mr. Tuell: A bit of history here is in order. In the former Methodist
Church the predecessor of the present Boards of Ministry of the
Annual Conference were the Boards of Ministerial Training and
Qualifications. That board, by its nature and by its name, was con-
cerned primarily with the matter of the training, the education, the
qualifying of personnel to come into the ministry of The United
Methodist Church. Therefore, it was very appropriate that at the
national level the Department of the Ministry should fall within the
Division of Higher Education. However, at Dallas in 1968 a new
development came. This came from the Evangelical United Brethren
side of the union in which they had been accustomed to a Board of
the Ministry which is much larger in its scope than the former
Methodist Board of Ministerial Training and Qualifications.
The Board of Ministry concept sees the task of the board as being
concerned with the total life of the ministry, with its continuing
education, with its conservation, with its sustenance, with ways of
seeking to make that ministry the most valuable and the most
helpful in our time. Therefore, the scope of the work of Conference
Boards of the Ministry, Annual Conference Boards of the Ministry,
has increased tremendously with the advent of this concept at Dallas.
It began to seem highly incongruous then to have this Board of the
Ministry at the conference level, which has such a broad concern,
have as its national counterpart a Department of the Ministry with-
in a Division of Higher Education within the Board of Education.
Serious consideration was given to the idea of creating at the national
level a Board of the Ministry. However, this was rejected by the
Commission ultimately on the basis that the tie to the total educa-
tional thrust and emphasis of the church is important, and therefore
the proposal as you find it here is that the Department of the Ministry
become the Division of the Ministry within the Board of Education.
Now we all are aware that the total structure of the church is
"up for grabs," so to speak, and therefore, exactly what total struc-
ture will emerge is a question that all of us have. However, as I
understand the Structure Study Commission Report, the status of
the ministry section is that of a division. We believe it is important
to the continued work of the ordained ministry of the church that
this particular status be given to its work at the national level.
I might call attention to the fact that in a recent nationwide survey
of the laity concerning what they felt was important about the church
one of the first things they have mentioned, time and time again, is
the necessity of providing a trained ministry for the church — trained
leadership. Therefore, we believe that this change in national church
structure is important.
Proposal for Continuing Study Commission
Mr. Tuell: ... In conclusion, we, once again, want to reiterate
that the Study of the Ministry within our church is a continuing
etudy that has been going on for some thirty years at least. We feel
that it is essential that this study continue, and we call in the report
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for the creation of a continuing Study Commission of the Ministry,
and you will notice that at the bottom of the column that we call
upon it to carry out three special tasks.
First, to review and evaluate the progress of the seminaries in
carrying out the provisions of the report as they may be adopted
by this General Conference — you remember in Dr. Sease's presenta-
tion the description of the Task Forces in the various areas of the
countj-y and how they will be reporting to this Commission periodical-
ly and the need to oversee that work.
The second item is continuing education, its growth and develop-
ment. We want to call attention to the tremendous growing need
in this area of our church's life.
The third area is that of special appointments, and I know that
all of you who are on Boards of Ministry here, I am certain that
all of the bishops and superintendents and I think most of you who
are here who are acquainted at all with the matter of special appoint-
ments of ordained ministers know that this area is one which at
the present time is somewhat in the condition of a great oblong
blur which needs desperately study and clarification as to the nature
of the ordaining ministry and the place of special appointments
within that ministry. Therefore, we propose that this subject be
one of the three emphases for The Continuing Study Commission
during the quadrennium 1972-76.
Referral of Report
On behalf of the Commission Gene E. Sease (Western
Pennsylvania) moved that the report be referred to the
Legislative Committee on Clergy. John B. Howes (Central
Pennsylvania) asked vi^hether it might not be appropriate
for the report also to be considered by the Legislative Com-
mittee on Education. Bishop Wertz stated that the Com-
mission was willing to follow the will of the Conference.
Mr. Howes moved a substitute that the report be sent to
the Committee on Reference for referral to the appropriate
legislative committees. The substitute was accepted on be-
half of the Commission, and the motion was approved.
Devotional Addresses and Sermons
Richard Pittenger (South Dakota) : In view of the recommendation
by the Commission on Entertainment and Program to delete the
Devotional Addresses and Sermons from the Daily Christian Advo-
cate, I move that such sermons and addresses be made available in
mimeographed form, at cost, to those desiring. If I get a second,
I would like to say just a brief word about it.
Mr. Pittenger spoke in behalf of his motion. The motion
was approved and referred to the Commission on Entertain-
ment and Program for implementation.
Interjurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy
Bishop Hardin announced the meeting of the Interjuris-
dictional Committee on Episcopacy and stated that the con-
venors for their respective jurisdictions would be Bishop
Roy Short (Louisville Area), Bishop Eugene Frank (Mis-
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souri Area) , Bishop Lloyd Wicke (New York Area) , Bishop
Thomas Pryor (Chicago Area), and Bishop Gerald Kennedy
(Los Angeles Area) .
Announcements
Announcements were given by the Secretary-Designate,
J. B. Holt.
Closing Prayer
The closing prayer was given by Bishop O. Eugene Slater,
San Antonio Area.
FOURTH DAY, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1972
MORNING SESSION
Opening— Bishop Roy C. Nichols
Pursuant to adjournment, the General Conference of The
United Methodist Church convened in the morning session
of the fourth day, Wednesday, April 19, 1972, at 8 :30 a.m.
in the Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia, vv^ith Bishop Roy C.
Nichols, Pittsburgh Area, presiding.
Devotions
The Conference sang Hymn No. 72, "All Hail the Pov^^er
of Jesus' Name," and joined in a litany entitled "A Recol-
lection of Jesus." John 14:1-7; Acts 4:8-13; and I Corin-
thians 1 :20-24 vi^ere read. Bishop Ralph T. Alton, Wiscon-
sin Area, spoke on the subject, "Alv^ays Remember Jesus"
(see page 729). Hymn No. 173, "0 Young and Fearless
Prophet," v^as sung.
Choral selections v^ere presented by the choir of the Mt.
Zion United Methodist Church, Washington, D. C, with
Mrs. Romaldo de Veau as organist/director.
Committee on Agenda
The agenda as printed in the Daily Christian Advocate
was presented to the Conference by Edward L. Tidlis (Ken-
tucky) , vice-chairman of the Committee on Agenda. It was
adopted.
Mayor of Atlanta — Sam Massell
Bishop J. Owen Smith, Atlanta Area, introduced the
mayor of Atlanta, Sam Massell, to the Conference.
Mr. Massell: Thank you very much and good morning ladies and
gentlemen. I was very interested when the bishop in his introductory
remarks identified me as one of our own; I thought he was about to
convert me there, and then he went on to mention that I was a native
Atlantan and this was his reference.
I have been reading about you. As mayors go I am considered some-
what of a controversial figure ; so I feel right at home this morning.
I want you to know though that the fact that I am four or five
days late in welcoming you had nothing to do with the advance
publicity on this convention. It was difficult for me to make arrange-
ments to be here on the earlier meetings although I was invited to
do so, and the Reverend Bevel Jones just wouldn't take no for an
answer ; and we kept working for a calendar that would fit your busy
schedule and mine; so it is my pleasure that I am able to be here
this morning for one purpose, and one purpose alone, and that is to
welcome you and make you realize that indeed we are very pleased
and happy to have you in our city.
I say that in spite of the fact that I feel like fussing a bit when I
understand that you are approaching 100 years of age and this is the
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first time you have met in our city, and this is hard to understand.
I think now that you have been here, you will agree with me that this
is a place which lends itself to conferences such as this. Bringing
people together from all over the world, people with different philos-
ophies from different racial backgrounds and all of the thinking and
input that comes into a place like this, makes us very proud because
it does more in this building. You know the deliberations that can
be developed here and the thoughts that can be brought together can
mean so much to man. For it to happen in our city makes us very
proud. I know you are here for serious deliberations, but I hope that
you will have some time from your very busy schedule to move about
the city and get to know us a bit. We have got a very exciting place
here. You will find a lot of new development in every direction; not
the least of course is a new $17 million multi-purpose coliseum which
is being developed at no expense to the taxpayer, probably unequalled
in financial negotiations anywhere in this country. As you move about
the city you will see a bus system providing public transportation
at a 15-cent fare, this having been voted in by the people of this
region of Fulton and DeKalb Counties by self-taxation of a one
percent sales tax in order to bring down the fare from forty cents
and a nickel to 15 cents— forty cents and a five cents transfer to
15 cents so that those who need public transportation the most can
afford public transportation.
You're in a city which is providing real mobility to its community,
and you probably came into our airport, a facility we call 'a new
airport' because that terminal was just completed about eleven years
ago; and right now we are spending $110,000,000 there just to sort
of keep up with today's needs while we are looking around for a loca-
tion for a second airport. And this is your airport, that is for many
of you, because it surely serves this entire region. It has an impact
economically on much of this country. It is the third busiest airport
in the United States. It is the number one interchange airport in
the whole world. In fact, they tell me, when you die, if you go to
heaven, you'll change planes in our airport.
As you move about in the downtown area, right in the heart of
the city you'll see a block with their signs in the window where
the buildings are coming down. An anonymous donor gave us over
$9,000,000 with which to purchase this block for the purpose of
building a downtown park, and that tells you something about the
people in this city and the faith and the confidence they have in them-
selves and in the future.
And in this city, despite all of its successes, we also have our
problems, just like you do in yours. We too felt the growth in crime
over recent months, and for that matter, the last two or three years.
This was bringing fear to the streets of American cities; and so
this city moved in overnight, increased the size of the police force
by 33%, and increased salaries by 22%, with another 8% on top of
that as a college incentive, and added the sophisticated equipment,
like the helicopters and the computers, put in psychological testing,
and properly assigned men to the job they can handle. And, I guess
what I'm trying to tell you, that you are in a place which is very
healthy. This is one of the success cities in America, and I'm proud
of it.
I've only been mayor for a short period of time, and I'm leaning
on the foundation developed by my predecessors down through the
years. I have a great deal of faith and confidence in these people of
Atlanta and its future, and so it's a veiy exciting position for me,
and you can't blame me for wanting to tell you about it.
But in addition to this physical responsibility in growth and pros-
perity, I'm proud to say our city is also morally healthy, and it is a
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city that really believes most sincerely in the digfnity of mankind.
A city where the mayor spends as much of his time on human rela-
tions problems as he does on all other problems put together. Not
that problems are that big, but that the risk is that big, and that
behooves the mayor of any growing city to be ahead of those prob-
lems.
This is the reason we have one of the most active Community Rela-
tions Commissions in the country. This is the reason that we meet
with blacks and whites together, we meet with the hippies and the
senior citizens together, we meet with the college community and any
other group that has a different outlook from a man across the table,
to bring them together to show that in fact they have many similar
outlooks. But I am not here to give a speech this morning, though
I would surely love to, because this is such a distinguished audience
that I would like to participate in some way. But this morning my
opportunity is that of welcoming you. We are very pleased, as I said,
to have you here. We are available by telephone through your local
delegates from Atlanta, or just by walking into City Hall, for any-
thing you need during your stay.
I would point out that we have some very excellent shops, we have
very good restaurants and some good entertainment. The Convention
Bureau tells me the average visitor to Atlanta spends $48.33 per
day, and we would like for you to do your part. Ours is a city that,
as the Bishop explained, takes itself seriously but also wants to enjoy
life. Ours is a city that has approximately 850 churches and syna-
gogues representing some 43 denominations, with a total membership
estimated at 750,000. We take our church life seriously. We are very
pleased and very proud to have you here. We hope you don't wait
another 80 or 90 years to come back, we hope you come back soon
and often, both as a convention and as individuals. Thank you very
much.
Committee on Journal
George R. Akers (Wyoming) reported that the Commit-
tee on Journal had examined the journal for the previous
day's session and found it in order. The report was received.
Committee on Presiding Officers
Jack M. Tuell (Pacific Northwest) : Mr. Chairman, members of
the Conference, the Committee on Presiding Officers is pleased to
announce that presiding at this evening's session will be Bishop Eric
A. Mitchell of the Hyderabad Area and presiding at tomorrow's ses-
sion will be Bishop D. Frederick Wertz of the West Virginia Area.
Committee on Credentials
W. T. Handy, Jr. (Louisiana), chairman of the Commit-
tee on Credentials, stated that the committee had examined
and approved the changes made in the seating of delegates
as reported by the chairmen of the Annual Conference del-
egations for the morning session, April 18, 1972. The report
was adopted.
Request for Judicial Council Ruling
Mr. Handy outlined the situation with regard to two per-
sons who had been elected as delegates to the General Con-
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ference by their Annual Conferences when they were 20
years of age, but had reached the age of 21 before the
General Conference convened. Subsequent to the time of
their election the Judicial Council had ruled that lay dele-
gates to General or Jurisdictional Conferences must be 21
years of age at the time of their election. These two persons,
Edith Spurr (Southern New England) and William Otwell
(Southern California- Arizona), having been denied a seat
in the Conference, had appeared before the Committee on
Credentials. Mr. Handy moved that the case of the eligibility
of these two persons be referred to the Judicial Council for
a ruling to decide if the General Conference has a right to
officially seat these and similarly situated persons as duly
elected delegates. The motion was adopted.
Richard 0. Johnson (California-Nevada) moved that the
General Conference request the Judicial Council to recon-
sider Decision No. 346. The motion was adopted.
Committee on Courtesies and Privileges
Mrs. Alvirita Little (Pacific Northwest) : Mr. Chairman, Council
of Bishops, Members of the General Conference. I bring you greet-
ings this morning and I read: "Greatly regret unable being with you.
Present in prayer. God bless you richly." And this is from the
Cuban Methodist Church signed by Bishop Armando Rodriguez.
Mrs. Little moved that the Conference respond to the
message. The motion was adopted.
World Methodist Night
/. Otis Young (West Ohio) made an announcement re-
garding preparation for participants in the World Method-
ist Night program. Norman L. Coyiard (General Confer-
ence Business Manager) announced the plan to be followed
in the seating of delegates and visitors for the World Meth-
odist Night program.
Commission on Entertainment and Program
A. G. Jefferson (Virginia) introduced and presented to
the Conference the members of the Commission on Enter-
tainment and Program.
Pilgrimages to Grave of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Edivard G. Carroll (Baltimore) moved that the Commis-
sion on Entertainment and Program arrange with the local
committee for the availability of transportation for periodic
pilgrimages from the auditorium to the site of the grave of
Martin Luther King, Jr. The motion was adopted.
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Question Regarding Judicial Council Referral
Paid J. Beeman (Pacific Northwest) asked for the floor
for the purpose of asking a question regarding the matter
of delegate seating which the Conference had referred to
the Judicial Council. The Chair ruled him out of order.
Commission on Worship (see page 2073)
Bishop Lance Webb (Illinois Area), chairman of the
Commission on Worship, introduced the executive secretary
of the Commission, Hoyt L. Hickman, and presented a re-
port brochure summarizing the Commission's work. He ex-
pressed appreciation for the assistance given by the Boards
of Evangelism and Education and by The United Methodist
Publishing House.
Bishop Webb presented a new songbook, Ventures in
Song, produced by the Commission and introduced its
editor, David J. Randolph, Jr. (Staff, General Board of
Evangelism). Mr. Randolvh made a statement about the
preparation and contents of the songbook, expressing the
hope that it would not only be useful as a hymnal or song-
book, but also that it would stimulate new music in the
church. He said that Ventures in Song should be perceived
as a statement of faith and a theological affirmation, since
theology was coming to be understood as something which
is not only to be stated, but which must also be lived, sung,
and danced. Bishop Webb announced the time and place for
a liturgical celebration at which Ventures in Song would be
dedicated and presented to the church.
Carlton R. Yotmg (East Ohio) led the Conference in sing-
ing the hymn, "They'll Know We Are Christians By Our
Love."
Presentation of New President, Council of Bishops
Bishop Paul Hardin, Columbia Area, was granted the
privilege of the floor for the purpose of presenting to the
Conference the new president of the Council of Bishops,
Bishop O. Eugene Slater, San Antonio Area.
Bishop O. Eugene Slater: Mr. Chairman, Bishop Hardin, and dear
Christian friends. The mood of my soul at this moment is a mood
of gratitude. I'm grateful to God who brought me into being and
who has sustained me across these years. I'm grateful for a great
crowd of witnesses surrounding us on this occasion. Those witnesses
are symbolized by these two emblems that I hold in my hand, which
Bishop Hardin has just given me. I am grateful for the present
generation of the people of God, the people who constitute the church,
of which we are a part, and the church universal. I am grateful
to the Council of Bishops and the confidence expressed in me by
bringing me into this presidency of the Council. I am grateful to my
beloved and distinguished predecessor, Bishop Paul Hardin, who has
guided us so wisely and widely across the days of this past year,
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and I hope that as he transmits to me these tools of our office, that
he will also give me some of the skill and grace with which he has
presided over our body.
I feel a very deep sense of inadequacy as I come to this respon-
sibility, but I remember an old promise contained in the Scripture,
"As thy days, so shall thy strength be." And I claim the fulfillment
of that promise, as I undertake the responsibilities that my fellow
bishops have given to me. Here and now, I commit myself anew to
Christ and to the church of which we are all a part, and I pray
that I shall be a faithful servant of presiding over the meetings
of our Council of Bishops and pray that both you and I will be faith-
ful in the task that God has assigned to us. Thank you.
Recess
Announcements were made by the Secretary, J. Wesley
Hole. The Conference was in recess for fifteen minutes.
Carlton R. Young led the Conference in the singing of the
hymn, "Love Come A-Tricklin' Down."
Committee on Courtesies and Privileges
Alvirita Little (Pacific Northwest) announced that word
had been received of the death of the father of Alvin Lind-
gren (Wisconsin) . Mrs. Little moved that the Conference
send a message of condolence ; the motion was adopted.
Committee on Fraternal Delegates
Harvey H. Potthoff (Rocky Mountain) : Bishop Nichols, Council of
Bishops, delegates of the General Conference, and other friends: In
his sermon on the catholic spirit John Wesley spoke of those fellow
Christians with whom we are one in heart. He spoke of the Christian
of catholic spirit as one who loves as friends, as brethren in the
Lord, as members of Christ and children of God, all of whatever
opinion or worship or congregation, who believe in the Lord Jesus
Christ, who love God and man. In that spirit we welcome our distin-
guished fraternal delegates, coming to us from the Roman Catholic
Church and from the churches participating in the Consultation on
Church Union.
With us are not only the representatives of the participating
churches in the Consultation but also the chairman of the Consultation
on Church Union. As the name of each fraternal delegate is an-
nounced, he will stand and we will ask you to withhold your applause
until those representing the various member churches of the Con-
sultation have been presented. Following this, we shall have the privi-
lege of hearing from the chairman of the Consultation on Church
Union and the representatives of the Catholic Bishops' Committee for
Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs. And so it is now my privilege
to present to you, representing first the African Methodist Episcopal
Church, Bishop William R. Wilkes of the Third Episcopal District,
Cleveland, Ohio. Representing the African Methodist Episcopal
Church Zion, the Rev. H. E. Haggler, pastor of the First Methodist
Church, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Representing the Christian
Church, Disciples of Christ, Dr. A. Dale Fiers, general minister and
president, Indianapolis, Indiana. Representing the Christian Method-
ist Episcopal Church, the Rev. Othal H. Lakey, pastor of the Cedar
Crest Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Dallas, Texas. Repre-
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senting the Episcopal Church, the Rt. Reverend Milton E. Wood,
suffragan bishop of Atlanta. Representing the Presbyterian Church
in the United States, Dr. Lawrence I. Stell, executive secretary of the
General Council, Atlanta, Georgia. Representing the United Church
of Christ, Dr. W. J. Andes, conference minister, Southeast Confer-
ence, Atlanta, Georgia. Representing the United Presbyterian Church,
Dr. William P. Thompson, Stated Clerk, Philadelphia, Pa. Will you
greet all these friends now as a group?
Consultation on Church Union — George G. Beazley, Jr.
George G. Beazley, Jr. (Chairman, COCU) : I want to express my
great joy at being asked to come and speak to you about the Con-
sultation on Church Union, a subject on which I am always anxious
to speak, and to say that never have I received more overwhelming
hospitality than I have from Harvey Potthoff and the members of his
Committee, as they have welcomed us here.
When I was pastor at Bartlesville, Oklahoma, I had a lady in the
congregation, who when she was asked the question, "How do you
feel, Mrs. Nodie?" always replied, "I'm doing very well by the grace
of God in a strong backfield." Whatever may be your judgment about
the grace of God in what I am going to say to you today, there
is no doubt I have got a strong backfield.
In a time of centralism, such as the 1940s and the 1950s, the
greatest danger any church body faces is that it will become bureau-
cratic, unaware of the life concerns of the grass roots. In a time of
localism, such as the 1960s and the 1970s, the greatest danger any
body faces is that it will become provincial, unaware of the wholisms
of life, its broad and sweeping contrasts. I grew up in Kentucky,
and as my dear friend, Roy Short, knows well, I love horses. Indeed,
I grew up on the back of one.
Anyone who has ridden very much knows that most horses have a
tendency to bear either right or left, especially if they have been
show horses, as this one had. When a horse naturally pulls to the right
or to the left, you have to keep tugging at the opposite rein. Today
all of us who are leaders in the church are riding a horse that bears
toward provincialism. It is a part of the acculturation of our time.
The American church is fortunate in such a period to have some
bodies which will not allow it to settle into provincialism, that by
their very existence compel us to stretch our horizons — bodies like
the General Conference of The United Methodist Church and its
sister bodies, even more comprehensive bodies like the National Coun-
cil of Churches and the World Council of Churches and the Bilateral
Roman Catholic Conversations, and bodies which open new visions
of unity, like the Consultation on Church Union, in which you United
Methodists have played so large a part.
It is as Chairman of that Consultation on Church Union that I
bring you greetings today from all the Protestant and Anglican
Churches in the Consultation, not only from the nine participating
churches who are represented here this morning, but also from the
twenty-three observing churches and church groups of which the
Roman Catholic Church is one. Let me say a word about the provin-
cialism from which the Consultation delivers us; then, let me tell
you how you may help deliver the Consultation from its provincial-
isms. For no living self-conscious body, whether a person, an organiza-
tion, a church, or a group of churches can ever completely escape
from provincialism, or even partially overcome it without continual
effort. It is not hard to achieve localism. It is doing what comes
naturally. Federalism, cosmopolitanism, unity and union are fragile
achievements difficultly achieved and preserved only by constant vigi-
lance.
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The first provincialism from which the Consultation on Church
Union can deliver us is waspishness. Let me make it quite clear that
I am a male WASP and that I make no apologies for the basic
things for which those initials stand, even as I repent of the sin
which accompanies this and every finiteness. As to race, I am by
convention white, though how any sane man can designate my rosy
complexion so, is a mystery. Most of my blood lines are British,
though I can see the irritation of my Scotch-Irish grandfather, who
was one of the great influences in my life, if anyone had called that
kilt Anglo-Saxon. Conventionally, I am a Protestant, though in my
Kentucky way I usually describe the Christian Church Disciples of
Christ as a foal out of a Presbyterian mare by an Anglican stallion.
As a Church we have many Catholic elements, of which our weekly
communion and our definition of the Church are only two. I do this
somewhat tedious analysis of my WASP heritage only to show that
I am a person, not a class, and that any abstraction like WASP, while
useful and necessary for thought, is always a caricature that blurs
the rich variety and particularity with which God endows life.
WASPS built most of the basic institutions of this country merely
because they were the dominant majority in the earliest period, and
these institutions are, despite their weaknesses, one of the most
magnificent heritages in world culture. However, these very particu-
larities which make us human, as do my sub-WASP particulars like
maleness, Discipleness, middle-age, Kentucky ancestry, clergy voca-
tion, and so forth, tend to make us provincial.
We cannot and should not be delivered from them, but we can, and
should, transcend them. The Consultation on Church Union has helped
me in that difficult effort for transcendence. I think it has helped my
fellow delegates, too, in transcending their particularities, like Meth-
odism, blackness, femaleness, youth, lay vocation, and so forth. The
Consultation has brought predominantly black churches and predomi-
nantly white churches into a dialogue which is concrete and which
seeks to overcome these racial and cultural pi'ovincialisms, both by
faith and order unities, and by the action and the structure which
will prevent either racial group from exercising dominating power.
As far as I know no other effort in the United States has sought
to deal with these divisions in so intimate a manner, and to overcome
them structurally. In the process, most of us have also come to a
better understanding of the minorities within our present churches
which I am firmly sure could have not have been mine if I had not
been confronted with black churchmen from predominantly black
churches.
As I look at you, though I see dear friends like Roy Nichols, and
though I recognize the German element in former EUB's like my
close friends Paul Washburn and Reuben Mueller, you are primarily
WASP. John Wesley was certainly a WASP, even with one of an
Anglican element. I take it if you really engage in the local, district
and conference dialogue which the Consultation is encouraging, you
will find real help in escaping from your WASP provincialism. Sec-
ondly, I was a local pastor for 22 years, twice the time I have been
a denominational bureaucrat, and nobody — but nobody — can make
me sell short the ministry in the local church.
It is one of the rare privileges, as well as one of the most gosh-
awful pain-in-the-neckness, of life. But just as my present job has
certain built-in provincialisms which require solid and continuous
efforts to escape, so does the local ministry, either in its lay or clergy
form. The last pastorate which I served was in Bartlesville, Okla.,
where I ministered for 13% years. Bartlesville was then the head-
quarters and research center for two of America's largest oil com-
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panics and was reputed to have the highest education per capita of
any city in America.
Since I was constantly struggling to widen my own horizons and
those of my people, both through the Christian Gospel and through
the worldwide and cultural nature of the Church; and since, there-
fore, I assumed I had not been conformed to the particularities of
that very management culture, one of the greatest shocks I had when
I came to the present job was the realization of how many presup-
positions of that environment that I had come to accept, even those
which were contrary to my original training and heritage. A pastor
has to identify with his people if he is to lead them.
Nonetheless, both lay and clergymen must beware of falling victim
to the provincialisms of their local church orientation. The Consulta-
tion delivers us from this provincialism in two ways. It insists that
action and structure must be rooted in faith and that the Christian
faith has a real objective content. And it insists that structure must
be rooted in a real and undiscardable Biblical order.
It also delivers us from the provincialism of the local church by
forcing us to restudy our own tradition and the traditions of other
participating and observing churches in the light of our common
scriptural and liturgical traditions. By and large the local church
life, and even denominational life and the National Council of
Churches, neglect the examination of the faith in a serious way. This
is illustrated by the fact that most of the responses to A Plan of
Union which have come in tend to concentrate on Chapter 8, the
chapter on organization, and to neglect the first seven chapters, which
deal with faith and order.
Most of our denominational experience does not give us a good
comprehension of even our own tradition, let alone an appreciation
of other traditions. If Methodists are like Disciples they can describe
their church in ways which utterly betray the principles of their
founding fathers. The Consultation process forces us to be more
aware of our own tradition and of other traditions and of the tradi-
tion of Christ's Church.
The last provincialism from which the Consultation on Church
Union can deliver us is polarization. One of the things which we
have already learned from the responses to A Plan of Union is that
both extremes in the churches are apt to reject the Consultation on
Church Union.
This is understandable since the Consultation seeks to be inclusive
in every way, and the most provincial groups now existing in these
United States are those who have settled for polarization.
In my opinion nothing recommends the consultation process like
its refusal to settle either for the values of the past or to become a
"now" movement. The Consultation knows there is a gospel with a
given content and it understands that that gospel tells what God
did for man's salvation in the first century in the birth, life, death
and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, through whom God became
man for our salvation in a particular and unrepeatable event. This
effort also knows that the Risen Christ is still in his body the church
and that that gospel must be related to our lives and our societies
and our times.
The Consultation knows that the future is God's also and through
his Holy Spirit God will claim it by means of him who is not only
the Alpha but also the Omega. The thing which frightens me most
about our present mood is the antirational movement which lays so
much emphasis on feeling and action that they do not see the necessity
for hard theological thought.
Of course, I should be equally frightened by a sterile-rationalism
that forgot to have its heart strangely warmed and that did not
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have a strong alignment of action with the dispossessed which was
characteristic of your principal founding father John Wesley. How-
ever, I think we have been warned against this latter abuse until
there is very little chance of us falling victim to it. I think we
should treasure the real intellectuals of the church, like your own
Albert Outler, Walter Muelder, and John Deschner, to name only
three of many. The Consultation has tried to wed thought and action
m a vital faith.
It can deliver us from the parochialism of polarization.
As you must know through the work of Bob Huston, one of the
ablest ecumenical officers in the trade, the Consultation on Church
Union prepared one of the great documents of recent church history.
This was done during the chairmanship of your own Jim Matthews.
I had the pleasure of working with your sensitive Paul Washburn
and your analytic Dick Cain and with that fantastically able layman
Paul Hardin, Jr. on A Plan of Union. Between May, 1970, when that
plan was committed to the churches for study and response and
June 1, 1972, when we are supposed to be analyzing that plan in
inter-church and denominational study, we are supposed to be com-
mending those propositions which seem to help Christ's mission and
offering alternative solutions to those problems which do not.
It is only through thoughtful and perceptive response from the
local churches and the denominations that the Consultation can deliver
itself from drawing on too small a base of insight. You hold the key
to unlock those chains. If you have not already done so through a
response, rush to the dungeon and deliver us! We have been singing
the hymns of the Lord, but only God working through you can cause
those binding chains of our provincialism to drop away. One pro-
vincialism that has plagued the Consultation we lost at our Denver
plenary, when our general secretary stirred us to look beyond our,
up to then necessary, fixation on A Plan of Union to the process
which produced it.
Unfortunately, some people have hailed this orientation as a de-
liverance from the tedious and time consuming task of perfecting
protoconstitution of Plan of Union. Paul Crow never intended his
proposals to be so used. There are no primrose paths of dalliance
to union and to the realization of that for which the Lord prayed.
It is only by hard work of union that the world can be brought
to believe. Churches do not drift nor emote in the mission of union.
The responses that have already come into Princeton, however, make
us realize that we may have to walk a longer road than we had
originally thought.
The Chapter on Structure will have to be radically re-written.
The ideas in it were not developed enough, to use a Catholic phrase,
"for articulation." It seems probable that we shall have to deal with
the congregation more seriously than we have done. We are finding
the truth of Sidney Mead's observation that in the United States all
churches are congregational even when they have a strong connection-
alism as you have.
In the meantime how shall we be sustained as we turn back into
the Sinaitic Desert and cannot yet enter the Promised Land? Interim
Eucharistic fellowship is certainly one way. Action together in clus-
tering our agencies and units is another. Acquaintance through allow-
ing our traditions to interpenetrate and through lives of prayer
together is one more. What we must not do is, to listen to those who
scout out the land and tell us that we can never take it. The Joshuas
and the Calebs are far more trustworthy reporters. God will give
us the Promised Land of union if we trust in Him and are not
weary in well-doing. I bring you greetings from the most exciting
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venture in American church life and the least provincial, The Con-
sultation on Church Union. Thank you.
Letter from the Vatican
Harvey H. Potthoff (Rocky Mountain), chairman of the
Committee on Fraternal Delegates, called on the Secretary
of the General Conference to read a letter received from J.
Cardinal Villot, Office of the Secretary of State, The Vati-
can, dated July 14, 1971.
/. Wesley Hole: In response to the certified copy of the Resolution
of Intent — which was transmitted to the Vatican at the request of
the Theological Study Commission in the Fall of 1970 — this letter
was received, addressed to me as Secretary of the General Confer-
ence:
"I have the honor to inform you that the Holy Father has received
with deep Christian joy through Cardinal Willebrands a copy of the
solemn and unanimous Resolution of Intent passed recently by the
General Conference of The United Methodist Church in the United
States. By this generous and far-sighted action you disavow not
honorable history of the Methodist Christian witness but the bitter-
ness and harsh controversy which in the past has so often affected
in Christians even their zeal for the Gospel of Christ. At the same
time you offer in this Resolution 'tokens of the effort to repair the
ancient breeches of charity and mutual understanding' — the effort
which, in these happier days, all of us feel is a part of our very
faithfulness to Christ our Lord and which was expressed many times
in the Second Vatican Council.
"So clearly does the gospel point to the effort of reconciliation in
love as a solemn obligation, that we can but marvel and mourn that
prejudice has so long obscured it from so many Christians. For does
not Christ couple the love of our neighbor for God's sake with the
love of God above all things, which is 'the great and first Command-
ment,' Matthew 22:36-39. And the Beloved Disciple himself, develop-
ing these sublime words of His Master, exhorts us, 'Beloved, let us
love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God
and knows God. He who does not love does not know God; for God
is love.' I John 4:7-8.
"The Holy Father remembers with deep thankfulness that The
United Methodist Church was second to none in the seriousness and
the assiduousness with which it responded to the invitation of the
Second Vatican Council to send observers to the sessions of that
Assembly. Thus were forged many warm friendships. Thus were
thrown open new windows of mutual understanding. Thus, above
all, was sown the seed from which sprang the dialogue between the
Roman Catholic Church and the World Methodist Council which,
held officially for the past four years, has been echoed in many places
and has borne fruit, of which the Resolution of your General Con-
ference is so noble an example.
"This dialogue has brought us an understanding of many Christian
treasures which Methodists and Catholics share. At the heart of
these there appears an intense conviction of the fullness of divine
mercy, of the efficacy of Christ's saving work, and of the reality of
God's grace. Hence, we share a high ambition of 'scriptural holi-
ness,' — a personal continuous disciplined growth in conformity to
Christ — which finds its setting in the social reality of the church com-
mitted to the Gospel for the service of the world. Hence, we join also
in girding ourselves to the task of fulfilling John Wesley's own injunc-
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tion: 'Do all the good you can in all the ways you can as long as you
can.'
"The Pope is keenly aware of the prospects for the future opened
by the Resolution of Intent in regard to the reinterpretation of the
Articles of the Book of Discipline. In harmony with the Second Vat-
ican Council, he would express the hope that deeper study enlightened
by the grace of God and continuing fraternal dialogue may serve to
bring about a more adequate understanding and common formulation
of those doctrines on which The United Methodist Church and the
Catholic Church as yet have no full agreement and particularly with
regard to the Eucharistic ministry. This consideration stirs up the
hope that as a fruit of fervent prayer through mutual esteem and
comprehension — to which your action witnesses — the dialog-ue so hap-
pily begun will make it possible to overcome the differences that still
exist between us.
"Today at the center of our effort for good there must be a
renewal of our dedication to the search for that unity which Christ
wills for His Church. Your General Conference's Resolution cannot
but serve as a spur to this renewal to Methodists and Catholics
alike. His Holiness thanks you from his heart and prays that God
will bless the further efforts of those who seek tirelessly for recon-
ciliation in the Lord. Sincerely yours in Christ, Cardinal Villot" who
is the Secretary of State of the Vatican.
Mr. Potthoff moved that the letter be referred to the
Commission on Ecumenical Affairs for appropriate re-
sponse ; the motion was adopted.
Catholic Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interre-
ligious Affairs
Mr. Potthoff introduced the Most Reverend James W.
Malone, Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, representative of the
Catholic Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interre-
ligious Affairs.
Bishop Malone: Thank you very much. Bishop Nichols, Dr. Potthoff,
my dear friends : I thank you for the cordiality of your welcome and
the courtesy of your invitation and the genuineness of this complimen-
tary introduction. It is a pleasure for me to bring fraternal greetings
to your General Conference from the National Conference of Catholic
Bishops. As you may perhaps already know, our Catholic bishops met
here in Atlanta last week.
Our agenda, like your own, included many and varied items, all
of them concerned with the welfare of the church. Among them was
the topic concerning the possibility of ordaining women as Catholic
priests, as well as the separate topic of balancing our conference
budget. We were quite interested the next day to read the newspaper
headlines that attempted to summarize all that we had done during
the preceding day's agenda. The headline said: "Bishops Fret Over
Women and Money."
Hopeful that your Methodist concerns will be interpreted in less
exciting fashion, I am happy to recall at the outset of my remarks
several leaders of this Conference with whom I have enjoyed en-
couraging ecumenical relationships over many years. From my home
state of Ohio, Bishop Ensley and Bishop Kearns; from our national
ecumenical dialogue. Dr. Huston and Bishop Paul Washburn; from
our international ecumenical dialogue, Dr. Outler, Bishop Cannon,
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and Bishop Fred Pierce Corson. With all these Christian leaders from
the Methodist Church, I have often shared prayer and study and
work for the building up of the Kingdom.
It is a genuine pleasure to be with them again as well as with other
friends here, unnamed, and with all of you who extend your hands to
me today in Christian fellowship.
In bringing fraternal greetings from the Roman Catholic communi-
ty, I hope to share with you my conviction that many activities in
your church and mine testify to a flourishing ecumenical movement
among us. Further, I should like to remark as well on some of the
qualities which properly mark our joint ecumenical endeavors.
First of all, I am an unabashed optimist about ecumenism. I
believe that our prayers for Christian unity will one day be answered.
The Holy Spirit has given the travel reservations for us to come
together. The Spirit has given me the urge to travel ; we have only
to supply our map. And whatever the route, and however long the
journey, Christ will be finally our point of convergence.
How long the journey will take is known only to God, but there
are bright beacons lighting the way and strong tail winds for propel-
ling us forward. A prime example of our new thrust is the letter
from Rome, just read by Dr. Hole, written in the name of Pope
Paul in response to the Resolution of Intent passed by your General
Conference. The exchange is inspirational, one which could not have
taken place just a few short years ago. I congratulate you for taking
the initiative in drawing us Roman Catholics and you United Meth-
odists closer together.
Your charity, the charity of Christ, urges on. That same charity,
I think, prompts you to invite me, a Roman Catholic bishop, as a
fraternal delegate to your Conference. As a young priest twenty-five
years ago, I would have found incredible the prediction that some
day my ecumenical conversations would go beyond my own living
room, where I often socialize with my many Methodist relatives. I
could never have envisioned this moment, and I marvel at the events
of the last ten years v/hich make it possible.
My optimism over the ecumenical progress we have made stems
not from fantasy, but from fact. The world and national bilateral
Methodist-Catholic dialogues, in which I have had an opportunity to
participate, have not made as many headlines. There have been no
dramatic breakthroughs which sweep away our differences, but I
think such dialogues have at least helped us to discover our common
heritage in the spiritual life.
Any initial threat which we Roman Catholics and you Methodists
have that we were really out to convert or assimilate one another,
this has been dispelled. Initial mistrust arising, perhaps, from the
unfounded fear that we were trying to score propaganda points for
our respective churches, this also has disappeared. Any disrespect
which we may once have had toward doctrinal differences has largely
evaporated. Instead, the Holy Spirit has given us a new understanding
of each other. Stripped of religious ghetto mentalities and defensive
attitudes, we Roman Catholics and you Methodists have begun to
perceive each other as human beings, replete with frailties and foibles,
it is true, but human beings hungering, longing and searching for
the very same Christ.
The Holy Spirit has led us to the discovery that we are in the
same spiritual wave length, and it is a heartening discovery in a
world where so many hunger for this realization. The fact that we
have discovered our spiritual kinship will probably be reflected again
in the new national Ecumenical Dialogue between Methodists and
Roman Catholics on the topic of "Holiness in Ministry."
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Bishop Paul Washburn of this Conference and I are co-chairmen
of this dialogue, which involves eight distinguished theologians from
our two churches. It is acknowledged that emphasis on holiness in
ministry is theologically and historically apt for both churches in
the dialogue. To date we have met once. Presently, theological reflec-
tions on the topic are being readied for our second meeting in the
Fall. Prayerfully, we open our hearts to where the Spirit may lead
us.
Other indicators that the ecumenical concern is moving along are
the separate Roman Catholic dialogues in which Roman Catholics
are now engaged in on a world basis. These are with the Anglicans,
Lutheran and Reformed Churches, and on a national basis, between
Roman Catholics and Lutherans, Episcopalians, Orthodox, Disciples
of Christ, and Baptists. The recent agreed statement on the Eucharist
by Roman Catholic and Anglican theologians is a hopeful sign.
True, this statement is a study document and not officially adopted
by either church, but I think it serves as an example that our ecu-
menical dialogues are not mere vei-bal gymnastics, but are a practical
means of clarifying differences and discovering similarities. Another
ecumenical advance, not directly involving Roman Catholics, is the
presentation made to you this morning by Dr. Beazley, in behalf of
the Consultation on Church Union. The combined forces of nine
member churches into a Church of Christ Uniting, with twenty-five
million members, would strengthen the witness of the Body of Christ.
I congratulate you Methodists for your eff"orts toward that goal, and
I pray that your zeal to bring Christ to all men will sweep away
any roadblocks which presently stand in the way of this route to
reunion.
Another green light for ecumenism concerns principally Roman
Catholics. In my judgment, the Catholic Church's growing in good
relationship with the National Council of Churches augurs well to
the future. My fellow bishops last year responded to the invitation to
appoint five Catholics to the National Council's Faith and Order
Commission. Today a nun and a Jesuit priest are paid staff members
of that Commission. Catholic bishops are currently pondering possible
Catholic membership in the National Council of Churches. And there
are still other reasons why I am optimistic about contemporary
ecumenism.
For example, the words, "heretics," "dissidents," and "schismatics"
have been dropped from Catholic vocabularies. Protestant and Cath-
olic Scripture scholars cooperated in translating the New American
Bible, and they are drafting common texts of prayers, including the
Apostles' Creed and the Lord's Prayer. What we Catholics used to
refer to as "the Protestant ending" of the Lord's Prayer has become
a standard part of our prayer at Mass. And in the sensitive area of
interchurch marriages, recent changes enable Catholics and Protes-
tants to marry in each other's churches without jeopardizing their
status in their own church.
These are but a few of the ecumenical gains which provide evidence
that the Holy Spirit is working through us to end suspicion, aliena-
tion, and hostility and is making us more aware of Christ's entreaty
to love one another as he loves us.
Yet, despite all these evidences, I sense that some of my Protestant
friends feel that among Roman Catholics the ecumenical thrust of
the Second Vatican Council may be running out of steam. If my
analysis is correct, certain Protestants feel that Catholics are so
divided on so many issues that we cannot agree on Catholic unity,
much less work toward Christian unity. And some of you may fear
that a reaction is setting in among Roman Catholics, and the changing
Catholic Church of the '60s and '70s is about to revert to the change-
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less church of the 1940s. It js concerning these possible fears that
I want to comment briefly.
An example of how we Roman Catholics have changed liturgically
immediately comes to mind. As you know, the vernacular has replaced
Latin as the language of the Mass. In one Ohio parish a group of
parishioners loudly lamented to the pastor the disappearance of the
Latin Mass, and they said, "If only there was one Mass in Latin in
the city, then Catholics dissatisfied with the change would have the
consolation of worshipping in the manner they had so long been
accustomed to." The obliging pastor scheduled a Latin Mass in prime
time on Sunday morning and announced that as long as attendance
warranted, it would be offered in Latin.
The first Sunday about seventy-five persons attended; the next
Sunday, about fifty; and each succeeding Sunday, a little less. Finally,
after six weeks only a half-dozen persons came to this special Mass.
In contrast, the other Sunday morning Masses in English attracted
more than a thousand persons.
This example, of course, is not to say that seven years after the
Vatican Council's blueprint for renewal was published that debate
over renewal in its many dimensions has subsided in my church. On
the contrary, issues which we Catholics once thought were settled
centuries ago are the center of lively controversy. Changes in the
Catholic Church have become as popular a topic as the war, the
Primary Elections, and even the I.T.T. Celibacy, the Papacy, the
ordination of women, singing in church, and, worst of all, my friends,
they're even questioning the authority of Catholic bishops. All these,
all these are topics for barbershop conversation.
To the ecumenical movement these internal Catholic squabbles may
be a blessing in disguise, for they are teaching us Roman Catholics
to distinguish between divine precepts and man made disciplines. We
are learning about those things which can be changed without doing
violence to the gospel. We are learning to live with diversity of
thought and opinion while maintaining a unity. I believe this accep-
tance of diversity is an important prerequisite, helping our ecumenical
efforts to bear fruit.
In the remarks that I have prepared for this assembly I want,
also, to indicate that because of these many and meaningful activities
in your church and mine I am persuaded that the ecumenical move-
ment is flourishing among us. I am optimistic about ecumenism, and
I had intended at this point to turn your attention to the principal
qualities which properly mark our joint ecumenical endeavors. I was
about to suggest first that we need spiritual ecumenism and then,
secondly, that we must extend that spiritual ecumenism so that it
will be a lived ecumenism.
Instead of developing these remarks, in view of the hour of the
morning, may I conclude my remarks to you on this happy occasion
by saying that there is none among us who can predict the future
of the ecumenical movement between Roman Catholics and United
Methodists in our generation. There is none among us who would
want to soft-pedal the fact that while we find ourselves in agreement
on many things, other issues still divide us. But we should not wait
for perfect accord on every tenet of our faith before we address
ourselves to the perplexing problems of our society. Together let us
respond as Christians to all of our suffering brothers. A world filled
with war, hate, and crime needs to be shown what Christians mean
by peace. A world beset by poverty and injustice needs to learn
what Christians mean by sharing. A world racked by loneliness needs
to discover what Christians mean by fulfillment. A world plagued by
the idea that God is dead needs to know that our common faith is
very much alive.
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I pledge, and I invite you to join with me, in concentrating' on our
own spiritual renewal so that our ecumenism will live rather than
languish, and then let the Holy Spirit lead us where he may. I thank
you.
Mr. Potthojf presented Bishops Shy and Merchanson of
the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. He invited all
fraternal delegates to remain as long as their schedules
would permit.
Commission on Religion and Race (See page 1836)
The Chair recognized Bishop W. Kenneth Goodson (Bir-
mingham Area), president of the Commission on Religion
and Race. Bishop Goodson outlined the background of the
establishment of the Commission by the 1968 General Con-
ference and the tasks assigned to it at that time. He noted
the new responsibility given the Commission by the 1970
General Conference with the establishment and funding of
the Minority Group Self-Determination program. Woodie
W. White (Detroit), Executive Secretary of the Commis-
sion, was introduced.
Woodie W. White: Thank you. Bishop Goodson, Members of this
Conference. I think you need to observe that the chairman of the
Commission on Religion and Race is the bishop, the episcopal leader,
of the Birmingham area. He has introduced me as the executive sec-
retary of that Commission. I was born in the heart of Harlem on
136th Street and Lenox Avenue; that's a long way from Alabama.
And, yet, through these four years a Christian from the heart of
Harlem could join hands with a Christian from Alabama and attempt
to work as one in the name of God.
Somewhere along the way in this country we said that God made
a mistake when he created the human family as he did. We said that
he made a mistake when he created black men and brown men and
red men and yellow men. We don't believe he made a mistake; we
think he knew exactly what he was doing. Because some have acted
as though God did not know what he was doing, wars have been
created. They have been created in such a way that men of different
colors, different hair textures, could not even worship in the same
place together, could not even sit together and discuss common prob-
lems.
We in the Commission on Religion and Race have been attempting
to bring the diversity of pluralism of this United Methodist Church
together as one family. We think that we in The United Methodist
Church have the opportunity to show the world, and certainly to
show this nation, how in our pluralism we can live together. For I
remind you that The United Methodist Church represents the most
ethnically and racially inclusive Protestant body in this country. Now
we must begin to act and behave and relate like God would have us
do. I'm grateful for the opportunity to have had a chance to work with
this Commission and to work with many of you. I've even got more
gray hair now than I had in '68. Thank you for that. But I hope that
if anything has happened that my faith has been increased because
I believe, no matter what they say on the right or what they say on
the left, I believe it is God's will that we must be one United
Methodist Church.
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Mr. White introduced other members of the Commission
staff: Isabel Goynez (Rio Grande), James L. Jones (North
Mississippi) , and Clayton E. Hanunond (Peninsula) .
Bishop G^oodson introduced Joseph E. Lowery (North
Georgia) , a member of the Commission, for the presentation
of the report.
Mr. Lowery: It is true that for all our shortcomings The United
Methodist Church represents the most ethnically pluralistic Protes-
tant church in America, and therein lies the strength of Methodism.
For this racial and ethnic diversity affords our church an opportunity
to lead the world in developing authentic community that no other
denomination has. It could be as stated in Esther that The United
Methodist Church has come to the Kingdom for just such a time as
this, to provide that authentic community where both diversity and
unity are blessed as essential ingredients of brotherhood.
To begin our report we would like to present three persons for very
brief statements regarding the work of the commission during the
past quadrennium. They will come in this order, the Reverend Paul
Hagiya from the Asian-American community, the Reverend Robert
Pinezaddleby from the Indian community and the Reverend Hector
Navas, the secretary of the Commission, from the Hispanic commu-
nity, in that order.
Paul H. Hagiya (Rocky Mountain) : First of all I want to make an
apology; I certainly am a poor example to be representing all Asian-
American Methodists of this great church of ours, and I know that
I cannot speak wholly and fully for the Asian, like the Korean-
American Methodists and the Chinese-American Methodists, and the
Filipino-American Methodists and the Japanese-American Method-
ists. And also may I apologize to the delegates and friends who
come from foreign lands, especially from Asia. I know that you
could present a cause for the Asians better than I could, but may I
just as a representative of the Commission on Religion and Race
give something of the thankfulness within our hearts for the Com-
mission on Religion and Race that you created four years ago.
Let me back up a second to think about the Asian-American
Methodists. We came into being in the 1800's in San Francisco when
our parents came over as immigrants brought over by you folks to
work in the railroads as coolies and in the mines and in the fields of
the Western Jurisdiction. And it was because of real deep committed
and dedicated missionaries that came down to teach our parents En-
glish and felt that we were not coolies but that we were children
of God, so that we became Christians and Methodists.
And I think all of you know that as far as Protestantism is con-
cerned among the Asian-Americans, The Methodist Church has the
most members among our group, and it was because of these dedi-
cated Christian people. Not only the missionaries, but through the
years we have had such loving care by our Bishops' Council of the
Western Jurisdiction and other friends that have been our loyal sup-
porters, and we were a vibrant church. And then came Pearl Harbor
and the American concentration camps — and I want to say to you,
not with any kind of hatred or feeling about that concentration camp
experience, because I cherish being an alumni of the American con-
centration camp — but anyway our churches were disintegrated, and
we went to camp, all hopes lost, but then when we were allowed to go
back to the West Coast we tried to pick up the pieces to rebuild
these churches of ours — the ethnic churches along the coast.
We thought that the answer for building a better church was to
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integrate and we did that. But then I reported to you at the St. Louis
General Conference about being swallowed up, and I think some of
you EUB's and the other minorities feel just what I'm talking about
now. But anyway we saw our churches, the Asian churches in the
Methodist Church, struggling and so disillusioned with so much pes-
simism and hopelessness. But then came the Commission on Religion
and Race, thank God for it, through your choice, your inspiration of
bringing about the Commission on Religion and Race in this great
United Methodist Church. And because of that Commission we Asian-
American Methodists have been given a new lease on life. We have
been blessed and we have been uplifted in our hearts and in our
morale, and we have finally come to the feeling that we are a part
of you, that we are a part of The United Methodist Church whether
we have slant eyes or eat with chop sticks. We are fellow Methodists
and fellow Christians.
And I think the biggest thing the Commission on Religion and
Race has done for us Asian Americans is, to find our own identity,
not to try to fit into the shoes of your white upper class, middle, not
only economic but social status, but just to be, I said, just to be
children of God and to be members of the Methodist Church. I think
that is the most important thing that is brought to the Asian-
American Methodist.
And then there are other blessings that have come because the
Commission on Religion and Race was created by you folks. Today
we have for the first time an official relationship with the Kyodan
of Japan. Of all the years that we have been with your church and
The Methodist Church and with Oriental faces, for the first time
we have an official relationship, a working relationship on our own,
that we can call language ministries of Japan. For there are a lot
of other things that we would like to say, but even today we in the
Western Jurisdiction of Asian-American Methodism even dream about
one day having an Asian-American Bishop in a United Methodist
Church. That is only a dream; but we can dream, and we never had
that kind of dream before.
And lastly, I want to say there, as I look over the whole world
situation, you know, with China, Japan and Vietnam, it just isn't just
a ping-pong matter, folks; it's crucial, and I really think that the re-
newal of world living and relationship will be in that arena, and
maybe the Asian-American Methodists can be a bridge, but above
all, not only a bridge for world-wide relationships, but we can add
to, taking a small part in an inclusive church. Thank you very much.
Robert Pinezaddleby (Oklahoma Indian Missionary) : I've been
told to keep it short here. It seemed like the Indian American always
has been told to keep it short. But I'm very happy today. Bishop
Nichols, members of the General Conference, to have this opportunity
again to stand before this great assembly, and especially I'm very
happy to see my constituents, two of our Indian Americans up here
in the front row. Had it not been for the involvement, the motiva-
tion that has been afforded to the Indian Americans, that we would
begin to feel confident, would begin to feel that there is hope, there
is something that we can do as Indian Americans and make our con-
tribution in this world. I want to say that two years ago we were
seated in this great assembly, with voice but without vote, and per-
haps that was a great turning point. Through the help of the Com-
mission on Religion and Race and its input to the church at large,
we've begun to feel the confidence and we've begun to feel the uplift
of being a part of these vital programs under the Christian life.
I want to say this morning that it is a happy privilege on my part,
an American Indian, to make my input through motivation and
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through involvement and whatever potential that I have, that I can
relate to the church at large.
I've spent a great number of years being involved in the church
in the Christian life and perhaps all these years, more or less, begin
to lead up to this one idea, this one place where we would begin to
see things happening in the Indian community. I want to say that
through the program and through the work of the church the Indian
has begun to feel motivated, begun to feel the awareness of being
involved and to be aware of his potential.
These three things stand out in the Indian community. We want
to be motivated to serve the present age. We want to be motivated to
serve and to participate in any area of the work that is afforded us
through the church at large. We want to be involved, just like I feel
that I've been involved through the workings of the Commission on
Religion and Race, and through the other areas of work that is
presented us in the Indian community, that we may be involved in
such a way that there will be freedom expressed. There will be the
Indian's voice proclaimed and there will be the creation of the new
awareness that the United Methodism as a whole needs to become
more aware of the presence of the Indian community within its midst.
The church must be sensitized to come to this particular place that
some of the experience the Indian is encountering today will be under-
stood in some of the things that we are trying to do, will be uplifted,
wherever we go and whatever we do, as we make our input that we
may be aware of our potential as a people. This morning I want to
thank the church at large and, speaking as a member of the Com-
mission on Religion and Race and member of the Indian community,
that it has been a wonderful experience to be a part of this kind of
a program. Thank you.
Hector Navas (Florida): Bishop Nichols, fellow delegates:
From the windy city of Chicago, from the tropical shores of Puerto
Rico, from the ghettos of New York City and from the barrios of
Los Angeles, from the sprawling area of Texas and from the sunny
areas of Florida came marching the Hispanic community to the his-
torical city of El Paso to celebrate the first Hispanic national con-
vention in this past quadrennium. We came, naturally, expressing our
cultural heritage, but even more, we came expressing our concern
for a more vital ministry in the Hispanic community across the land.
But yet, even more, we came expressing our faith in The United
Methodist Church, to respond to the needs which are so evident in
the Hispanic community.
The church has responded through the Commission on Religion and
Race. The Hispanic community has experienced and expanded its min-
istries into areas hithertofore unvisited by even us. The Commission
on Religion and Race has afforded us the opportunity to meet with
the Council of Secretaries in order to have a continuing dialogue on
the concerns of the Hispanic community. The Commission on Re-
ligion and Race has afforded us the highest privilege of meeting
with the highest Council of the church, that of the Council of Bish-
ops here last week in this city in order for the first time for the
ethnic caucuses and the Hispanic caucus to talk with our Bishops
concerning the needs of Hispanics. And lastly, the Commission has
provided us with this great privilege of coming before this great
delegation to present our needs. The Commission on Religion and
Race has opened the door. Such a door can never again be closed.
Before you and this great delegation are many petitions. We the
Hispanic community are supporting the concerns of the Rio Grande
Conference for decent pensions, for adequate salaries. We are sup-
porting LAMAG in Los Angeles for their needs for scholarships in
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retraining ministers and for compensatory education. We are sup-
porting also Puerto Rico and their concern to become an autonomous
church; the Hispanic community through MARCHA, which is the
Methodists Associated Representing the Cause for Hispanic Ameri-
cans, is now also moving on further to identify itself and to become
an integral part; SEMAR in which all of Hispanics from the United
States and of South America would come together to express its
concern. My heart rejoices at the fact that we have received for this
great body the letter from the Holy Father. We the Hispanics can
appreciate that, for all of us have tremendous traditions within the
Catholic community. We pray, however, that as we proceed to close
the gap and cross the sea to relate to the Vatican that Methodism
will cross the street to relate to the Hispanic community in the
nation.
Commission on Religion and Race Recommendations
Joseph E. Loivery presented legislative recommendations
as contained in the Commission's report; these recommenda-
tions provide for the continued existence of the Commission
as a general agency of the church. He stated that the
Commission would recommend that this be referred to the
Legislative Committee on Conferences.
Mr. Loivery introduced Leonard D. Slutz (West Ohio) ;
Mr. Slutz presented recommendations in the Commission
report under the heading, "Elimination of Structure Based
on Race." He reviewed the background of church structure
based on race in the former Methodist Church and the pres-
ent situation; the Commission recommendation was then
presented.
Mr. Slutz: Now it is 1972. We have in the General Conference
again and again and again reaffirmed the principle of voluntarism.
We have encouraged voluntary action, and we have been successful
in eliminating most of the structure of our church that was related
to race, but now we have come to 1972. We are convinced that the
intention of 1966 should now become actuality. This is something
that should be done. We believe it must be done now, without further
delay. Consequently we are bringing to the General Conference a
proposed amendment to paragraph 625 of the Discipline.
That paragraph now reads: "The Jurisdictional Conference shall
have powers and duties as described in the Constitution. It shall
also have such other powers and duties as may be conferred by
the General Conference . . .", and it now reads, '*. . . and in exercise
thereof it shall act in all respects in harmony with the policy of The
United Methodist Church with respect to elimination of discrimina-
tion based on race."
Now, we propose to add at that point the following: "In further-
ance of that policy, the Jurisdictional Conference shall determine the
boundaries of its Annual Conferences without regard to race. The
mergers of Annual Conferences required by this provision shall be
effective at the close of the 1972 session of the Jurisdictional Con-
ference subject to the transitional provisions for readjustment of
districts involved in the 1972 amendment to subparagraph 3 of para-
graph 390 of the Discipline."
We have studied this as carefully as we can. We are convinced
that it is constitutional, as well as being ethical and Christian, but
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we do feel that as a precaution we should have a ruling of the
Judicial Council at the earliest possible moment so that we are assured
that this legislation will accomplish what it is intended to do and
will result in the elimination of racial structure by 1972. Consequently
as part of our final motion, we will be asking that this provision be
referred to the Judicial Council now for a declaratory decision as to
its constitutionality and validity, and then, we go on and we say
that after we have merged the Annual Conferences there should be
no districts based on race.
We recognize that there may have to be some adjustments in some
of the Conferences that are not yet merged, and so we do have a pro-
vision that would allow the district mergers to be completed by the
1973 session of the Annual Conference. We have a provision that is
in your report for the representation of those coming from all merged
Conferences on the boards and agencies of the successor Conference,
and the language was taken verbatim from the provisions in connec-
tion with EUB and Methodist mergers of Annual Conferences.
Time Extended
The Chair noted that the hour for adjournment had ar-
rived ; Mr. Slutz moved that the time be extended to permit
the completion of the report. The motion was adopted. Mr.
Slutz stated that the Commission would recommend that
this portion of the report be referred to the Legislative
Committee on Conferences.
Additional Recommendations
Mr. Slutz presented the recommendations contained in
the Commission report related to the Temporary General
Aid Fund, with the Commission recommending referral
to the Council on World Service and Finance. He then
presented the recommendations contained in the report re-
garding the representation of minorities in General and
Jurisdictional Conferences, with the Commission recom-
mending referral to the Committee on Conferences.
William D. Cotton (Louisiana) asked a question regard-
ing the referral of portions of the Commission report to the
Judicial Council. Mr. Slutz stated that the Commission was
recommending such a request for a declaratory decision
because they felt it would be helpful to the legislative com-
mittee to know that the legislation before them was con-
stitutional. Mr. Cotton noted that the report called for the
referral of the proposed change in Paragraph 625 only and
asked that the proposed changes in Paragraphs 390 and 815
be similarly referred. Mr. Slutz responded that the Com-
mission had felt there could be no question about the con-
stitutionality of the changes in the latter two paragraphs,
but that they had no objection to their referral and would
accept Mr. Cotton's suggestion.
Matter of Privilege
John C. Satterfield (Mississippi) requested the privilege
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of the floor for the purpose of correcting a statement in
the report which he stated was in error.
Mr. SatterHeld: Reference is made in the report and by the speaker
and it is said that paragraph no. 10 shown on page 71 of the report was
adopted by each jurisdiction by two-thirds vote. I am sure this was a
wholly inadvertent error, because, as a matter of fact, under Calendar
No. 51, the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference by a vote of about
9 to 1, amended that paragraph no. 10, to conform it to the words
of enabling legislation, particularly the first sentence thereof, and
that paragraph as adopted by the Southeastern Jurisdictional Con-
ference, conforming to the enabling legislation, is as follows:
"The adoption of this resolution by the Jurisdictional Conference
shall constitute a pledge that it will assist in bringing about the
merger of such Conferences as soon as practical and mutually agree-
able to accomplish this concern." It did not adopt any reference to
the year 1972 of the Jurisdictional Conference, and the wording
which is thus utilized in the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference
is taken from step 2 of enabling legislation which appeared on
pages 521 and 522 of the Discipline which refers to such merger,
". . . bring about as soon as practicable and mutually agreeable, the
merging of Conferences." I think that was an inadvertant mistake
by the Committee.
Mr. Slutz: Mr. Chairman, I believe there was no mistake. The
language was carefully chosen. What I said was that there was a
favorable vote of more than two-thirds across each Jurisdiction. That
is true. The votes of the Annual Conferences of the Southeastern
Jurisdiction, if you add them up — I did not say the Jurisdictional
Conference; I said across the Southeastern Jurisdiction and every
other Jurisdiction in Methodism.
Mr. SatterReld: On the matter of privilege, may I correct the
speaker that this was not presented to the Annual Conferences of
the Southeastern Jurisdiction as applicable to any Conference, other
than a particular Conference involved, and therefore the statement
of the speaker, to my mind, is somewhat confusing.
Bishop Nichols: Well, we will refer all of this to the legislative
committee. Thank you, sir.
Additional Recommendations
Mr. Lowery presented the recommendation contained in
the Commission report relative to the Minority Group Self-
Determination Fund, with the Commission further recom-
mending referral to the Legislative Committee on Christian
Social Concerns, Peter F. Chen (Southern California-Ari-
zona) sought to propose an amendment to this section of
the report ; the Chair ruled that he was out of order.
Mr. Lowery presented the remaining recommendations
contained in the Commission report along with recommen-
dations for the legislative committee to which each should
be referred. The Commission requested that the recommen-
dations entitled "Involuntary Location of a Ministerial
Member" and "Ministerial Classification" be referred to
the Committee on Clergy; that the one entitled "Local
Church Inclusiveness" be referred to the Committee on the
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Local Church; that the one entitled ''Ethnic Episcopal
Leadership" be referred to the Committee on Conferences ;
and that the "Resolution on Use of United Methodist Prop-
erty and Private Schools" be referred to the Legislative
Committee on Lay Activities and Church Finance. On behalf
of the Commission Mr. Loivery moved that the report be
received, with the various sections being referred to legis-
lative committees as recommended, and that the Judicial
Council be requested to make a declaratory decision on the
proposed legislation on merger of conferences.
Point of Order
William L. Sharp (North Mississippi) : I raise a point of order,
Mr. Chairman, that under Rule 25, that after the discussion of a
matter, the speaker cannot make a motion that would stop debate. As
I understand this motion, the speaker is including within his motion
that this report in various portions be referred to a specific commit-
tee. This, I believe, constitutes or requires a suspension of the rules
and would therefore be a non-debatable matter and this speaker is
not entitled to make such a motion.
The Chair ruled that Mr. Loivery could not make the
motion inasmuch as he v^as not a member of the Confer-
ence, but that the substance of the motion was in order,
since a motion to refer is debatable. Mr. Sharp asked if he
would be in order to make a motion. The Chair stated that
it would first be necessary to have the Commission's motion
properly before the Conference. Leonard D. Slutz (West
Ohio) offered the motion of referral on behalf of the Com-
mission.
Franklin Blackstone (Western Pennsylvania) raised a
point of order that a motion to refer to specified committees
rather than to the Committee on Reference required a
suspension of the rules. Mr. Slutz moved that the rules be
suspended so that the Commission's recommendations could
be referred to the legislative committees suggested in the
referral motion. The Chair ruled that the motion did receive
the requisite two-thirds majority,
Peter F. Chen (Southern California- Arizona) moved as
a substitute for the Commission report on the Minority
Group Self-Determination Fund that the request be for
$2,000,000 annually. Mr. Lowery stated that the Commis-
sion would accept that both go to the legislative committee
for consideration.
The motion to refer was put to a vote and adopted. Mr.
Lowery concluded the report.
Mr. Lowery: This report, Mr. Chairman, has not, indeed cannot,
adequately express the happening which was Commission on Religion
and Race during the quadrennium past. Our work has been an ad-
venture in faith and hope. We've tried to be the church speaking
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meaningful responses to the continuing crises in human history. In
such a spirit we have sincerely respected our differences while lov-
ingly affirming our oneness.
We have been introduced on the Commission to the meaning of
pluralism where we joyfully embrace our unity and purpose in faith
while blessing our diversity in method and mode. We've not always
acted in wisdom, but we've acted always in good faith. We could not
please everyone, but we did not get bogged down in trying. We have
tried to bring comfort to the disturbed, and in so doing we may have
disturbed the comfortable. We have tried to discern God's will and
hear his voice amidst the cries of the multitudes and at the crossing
of the crowded ways.
We urge that the small flames of hope ignited during the quad-
rennium past will be fanned with our continued ministries. I wonder,
Bishop, if we could close our report by singing one verse of this
glorious anthem which comes up out of the groaning experience of
the oppressed in America and becomes a doxology rolling from the
lips of the down-trodden, yet whispering hope, singing faith and
proclaiming a commitment to march on to victory.
Announcements
Announcements were made by the Secretary, J. Wesley
Hole.
Closing
Harry L. Johnson (Southern New England) : Bishop, delegates, as
we leave here each day each of us is confronted by the headlines
in the newspapers and the words that they scream forth at us are
words like Hanoi, Haiphong, Saigon, protective reaction, retaliatory
bombing, massive invasion, provocation, escalation, devastation. Those
are the words they scream, yet the words that I hear are not those,
but these. "Thou shall not kill." And these, "For inasmuch as you
have it to the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me."
And also these, "Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself." And as
we consider the ugliness, the evil of the war that surrounds us on
all sides, each of us could probably point to the causes, to the situa-
tions, and even to the persons who are responsible for getting us
in this mess. We could, I'm sure, point to the monsters who are re-
sponsible for this situation.
Bishop Nichols: Now sir, v/e are not going to have time for a long
speech, will you please . . .?
Mr. Johnson: I didn't intend it as a speech, Bishop. I didn't mean
to offend. At this point there is nothing that I would have us say,
there is no resolution that I would have us pass, those words and
that action will, I trust, come in the fullness of time. Rather, I
would beg that we, each of us, make a statement with our bodies
as we leave this hall. I would ask that we not simply stand up and
go to lunch, because many of our brothers and sisters around the
world will not be eating lunch today. They hurt and bleed and die
out there, and I ask that we join them, I ask that on behalf of the
total church, on behalf of caring people everywhere we protest the
war that destroys them. I ask that we rise as a single body, a
single spirit, and journey silently from this hall out into the bright
sunlight of the world.
I ask that we stand as one and march from the orderliness of this
assembly, from the comforts of this hall, several thousand strong,
and inject the prophetic witness of the people of God into this
chaotic moment in history. And when we get outside I ask that we
stand, each of us, before the unrelenting glare of God's bright sun
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for five long, silent, thoughtful, painful, prayerful, powerful minutes.
That we might return to our business renewed in wisdom and in
strength and in understanding of who we are and whence we come,
and what we are about.
The delegates left in silence.
FIFTH DAY, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1972
MORNING SESSION
Opening — Bishop D. Frederick Wertz
Pursuant to adjournment, the General Conference of
The United Methodist Church convened in the morning
session of the fifth day, Thursday, April 20, 1972, at 8:30
a.m. in the Civic Center, Atlanta, with Bishop D. Frederick
Wertz, West Virginia Area, presiding.
Devotions
The Conference sang Hymn No. 30, "Praise to the Living
God"; Matthew 5:21-24, 27-29, 43-48 were read from the
New English Bible. Bishop Hermann W. Kaebnick, Harris-
burg Area, spoke on the subject, "The Extraordinariness
of the Christian Life" (see page 737). Hymn No. 479,
"Lord, Whose Love Through Humble Service," was sung.
Choral selections were sung by the choir of Columbia
College, Columbia, South Carolina, Guthrie Darr, director.
Committee on Journal
George R. Akers (Wyoming) reported that the journal of
April 19 had been examined and found to be in order.
Committee on Agenda
Alva H. Clark (Nebraska) presented three motions on
behalf of the Committee on Agenda. He moved that the
agenda as printed in the Daily Christian Advocate be
approved except that at 11:05 a.m. the Program Council be
allowed to present a portion of its report other than that
printed as the Committee on Ministries, with Bishop
W. Ralph Ward, Syracuse Area, guiding the presentation.
The second motion was that the Conference establish plenary
sessions both morning and afternoon on Saturday for the
primary purpose of giving consideration to such calendar
items as may be ready for action. The third motion was
that the Conference request, effective Friday, April 21,
that all groups arrange for necessary announcements to be
printed in the Daily Christian Advocate and that the Secre-
tary accept only announcements of an emergency nature for
oral presentation. The report with the three motions was
adopted.
Committee on Credentials
W. T. Handy, Jr. (Louisiana) reported that the Commit-
tee had met and examined the changes made in the seating
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of delegates as reported by delegation chairpersons, and
that changes approved for the April 19 session would appear
in proper form in the journal. He moved the adoption of
the report, and it vi^as voted.
Committee on Presiding Officers
Jack M. Tuell (Pacific Northwest) reported that the
presiding officer for the following morning's session would
be Bishop Reuben H. Mueller, Indiana Area.
Committee on Courtesies and Privileges
Mrs. Alvirita Little (Pacific Northwest) introduced
Bishop Francis E. Kearns, Ohio East Area, for the presenta-
tion of the newly elected General Secretary of the Division
of Curriculum Resources of the Board of Education. Bishop
Kearns stated that the present General Secretary, Henry M.
Bullock, would retire July 1, and that Eivart G. Watts
(Kansas East) had been chosen as his successor. Bishop
Kearns introduced Bishop Hermann W. Kaebnick, Harris-
burg Area, who introduced Mr. Watts.
Privilege Motion
Mr. Watts expressed his appreciation and asked for the
support, criticism, and prayers of the church. He moved that
the Conference express its deep appreciation to Henry M.
Bullock for twenty years of faithful service as editor of
church school publications in The Methodist Church and
The United Methodist Church. The motion was adopted.
Presentation of British Delegation
Mrs. Alvirita Little (Pacific Northwest) introduced
Bishop F. Gerald Ensley, Ohio West Area, for presentation
of members of the British delegation to the General
Conference.
Bishop Ensley: Four years ago this General Conference initiated a
constitutional amendment which would make it possible for four mem-
bers of this General Conference of this Church to represent us as
bona fide members of the British Conference, and they would recipro-
cate. This has been passed; some of us were privileged to enjoy the
hospitality, the warm hospitality of the British Conference, and now
they are making their first visit to us as bona fide members of this
Conference.
I would like to present each of them personally, and two of them
will say just a brief word. The head of their delegation is Dr. Eric
Baker, who for well nigh twenty years has been the secretary of the
British Conference. He is a man of distinction, a graduate of the
University of Cambridge, one of the few individuals in the history of
their Church who at the time that he was the secretary of the
Conference was also elected as the president of the Conference. We
are very happy to have him today. I do not know of anyone more
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representative of British Methodism at its best than Dr. Baker.
Mr. President, I present him to the Conference.
Eric W. Baker (Great Britain) : Mr. Chairman, Bishop Ensley, and
fellow Methodists, some little time ago I found myself in a bus in this
country where there was only one other occupant. We got to talking to
one another, and he asked me what I did in England (I hadn't told
him I was an Englishman; I don't know quite how he discovered it).
But when I told him that in England I was a Methodist minister he
expressed great surprise, and said, "I didn't think there were any
Methodists in England." So I said, "Oh, yes, you know John Wesley
was an Englishman." He said, "Oh, yes, I know all about him, but I
thought all of that was finished long ago."
Well, our presence here, the four of us, Mr. Chairman, is visible
proof that there are still some of us left, and we four are very greatly
honored and privileged to be the first delegates from our Conference
to your General Conference under this new arrangement. After all,
the whole of Methodism throughout the world stems either from us
or from you, and of course originally you also stem from us. And it
is very right and proper that in these days, in these testing times
when Methodism I believe has a world function to discharge, that these
two great fountainheads of Methodism should have this reciprocal
relationship. I'm sure that it will be to the great benefit of the whole
of Methodism everywhere.
Now, of course, when we come to your conference we are conscious
first of all of the deviations from our ways of doing things. There
must be deviations when you think of your history as a frontier
church, of the circuit rider following the settlers, or sometimes going
in advance of the settlers from East to West of the developing new
country — there are bound to be deviations. Some of the deviations are
very impressive ones. Of course, the whole episcopal venture is a
deviation as far as we are concerned.
We have somehow rather managed to get along without them, and
it means that at our Conference we haven't got the impressive, but
silent, phalanx of bishops to gaze upon that you have. But this new
arrangement is a wonderful thing for your bishops, because if they
are nominated as they have so far to come to our conference it means
that when an American bishop comes to the British Conference, he
isn't for that time a bishop at all. He is just a presbyter, and he has
all the freedom of a presbyter. He can speak, and he can vote, and
they behave like schoolboys let loose.
Well now, Mr. Chairman, I have spoken of the way in which we
dealt with the deviations, but the longer we are here, the more we
are here. What impresses us is not the deviations but the similarities.
We do know that, deep down, you like we, are the spiritual descen-
dants of John Wesley. We all rejoice in that. It is a great responsibil-
ity — it is a great and high privilege. And it is good to know that in
these coming days we are going to try and discharge these responsi-
bilities together. We in British Methodism have received so many
good things from our American friends, particularly since the end
of World War II, and it's wonderful that now that isn't just unofficial
and on a personal level, but it's an official attitude of your Conference.
We should like to pay tribute to the fact that this new arrangement
has come about as a result of the initiative of your General Conference
in your session in 1964. We want you to know that those of us who
are here are having a wonderful time; we are enjoying every minute
of it, and we shall go back to our own Conference and try and com-
municate to it something of the inspiration and something of the
delight and joy of this historic occasion. Thank you very much, in-
deed, Mr. Chairman,
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Bishop Ensley presented John W. Kellaway (Great
Britain), vice-president of the British Conference.
Mr. Kellaway (Great Britain) : Mr. Chairman, Bishop Ensley, fellow
Methodists, I am sure that you will understand when I say that I am
conscious of a very deep sense of privilege in this moment for a
variety of reasons which I do not intend to enumerate. I am very
pleased to endorse the greetings that Dr. Baker has brought from
British Methodism, and I specifically bring to you this day in this
great Conference of The United Methodist Church greetings of the
British laity. We salute you with gratitude to God for your great
history in its development over the years. We salute you in all those
things that you have achieved. We will watch and we listen to with
family interest all that you do now and all, indeed, that you will
attempt in the future. And in all your endeavors and in all your enter-
prises in your witness to the world you seek to serve and to which
you seek to bring salvation, we ask in this moment God's richest
blessing.
It would be ungracious of me, Mr. Chairman, if at this moment
I didn't make a personal allusion and just express simply my gratitude
for all the care and affection and concern and hospitality that I have
received on two visits to your country this year in the name of, and
in the service of, Methodism.
This Conference of course, is equally as interesting to me as a
layman as it is to Dr. Baker. It has been very illuminating. I must say
that I have found the quality of your reports and their presentation
of the highest order. Some of your parliamentary procedures are a
little strange to those which I know myself, but I hope by the end
of the fortnight I will be thoroughly familiar with them; and I am
looking forward to a very eager interest to the debates which I
understand will start with great vigor during the course of the
next few days.
What has surprised me I suppose, and perhaps I am wrong in
being surprised these days, is the amazing similarity of our problems
and our mutual concerns in fulfilling our common call and our com-
mitted charge. We, too, are reappraising structures; we, too, have got
commissions on doctrine, on the ministries, and social concerns and
the like — not forgetting finance, which is becoming an increasing prob-
lem to the whole of the Christian Church these days, and we have been
doing this probably like you in order that we may more efficiently and
economically, in every sense of that word, to more effectively proclaim
the gospel of Christ to a sick world — the gospel, my friends, which
simply says that "God is Love" and that the world works best and
that men and women are at their best when there is love and not
hate, peace and not war, unselfishness and not greed, plenty and not
poverty; and that these things are only possible insofar as all men
subscribe to them. And in this moment, therefore, we and Britain
bring you ourselves, with you— with our hands joined across the
world in this high endeavor of going forth to a world which is sick
and which is hungry, going forth, my friends, with the spirit of our
Founder and the commands of our Lord. God bless you all.
Bishop Ensley introduced the other two members of the
delegation from Great Britain, Pauline Webb and Norman
Woolridge.
Prayer for E. Stanley Jones
Mrs. Alvirita Little (Pacific Northwest) reported that
the Committee on Courtesies and Privileges was recommend-
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ing that privilege be given Cecil T. Richards (North India)
for the purpose of offering a greeting to E. Stanley Jones,
who was ill, and a prayer on his behalf.
Mr. Richards: Honorable Bishops and respected members of the
General Conference, Dr. E. Stanley Jones, a former missionary in
India who has served us for many, many years, an internationally
known evangelist, a distinguished statesman, author of many books
and founder of our Christian Ashrams in seven countries, is sick, and
I want to make this motion:
"The General Conference of the United Methodist Church in session
April 20 in Atlanta sends its affectionate greetings to Dr. E. Stanley
Jones and thanks God for his service to the church as missionary,
evangelist, author, world traveler, founder of Christian Ashrams
movement. We also pray for his sickness and ask God Almighty
for his fast recovery."
Shall we now bow our heads for prayer. Our most gracious and
heavenly Father, Creator of all visible and invisible things. Giver
of all good things, we thank thee for all thy manifold blessings. We
are thankful for the life of our great missionary who brought the
message of eternal life through Jesus Christ. We especially pray for
our beloved missionary, Dr. E. Stanley Jones, who is sick. We ask
Thy mercy and pray Thee for his recovery. In the name of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
Personal Privilege
The Chain recognized Don W. Holier (Kansas East) for
a matter of privilege. Mr. Holier introduced Louise Watts,
wife of Ewart G. Waiis, to the Conference.
Committee on Reference
Jerry G. Bray (Virginia), chairman of the Committee
on Reference, explained the process followed by the Com-
mittee in assigning petitions and study commission reports
to the legislative committees under the Plan of Organization.
He stated that after the Committee had met and made
the initial assignment of sections of the Structure Study
Commission report, requests had come from chairpersons
of legislative committees who felt that they should have
opportunity to consider portions of the report which had
been assigned to other committees. Therefore the Committee
on Reference had met again and agreed to make multiple
referrals of certain items. Mr. Bray stated that all matters
of structure had now been referred,, and if any committee
felt that they had not received material which should have
been assigned to them, they should consult with the Petitions
Secretary, Newell P. Knudson.
Council on World Service and Finance (see page 2025)
Bishop Paul Hardin, Jr. (Columbia Area), president of
the Council on World Service and Finance, expressed grati-
tude for the support given the World Service Fund during
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the quadrennium and reviewed briefly the record of World
Service receipts in the previous tvi^o years. He stated that
the Council had worked to reduce overhead in order to free
as much money as possible for mission. He referred the
delegates to the Workbook prepared by the Council and
containing its reports. Appreciation was expressed to the
agencies and to the Program Council for their participation
and cooperation in the development of the proposed budgets.
Bishop Hardin introduced R. Bryan Brawner, General
Treasurer, and the members of the Council who would be
presenting various sections of the report : James A. Crippen
(Detroit), Robert W. Preusch (New York), Foye G. Gibson
(Holston) and Paul Webb, Jr. (North Georgia). It was
announced that in order to be able to comply with Section
VII of the Plan of Organization, the Council was asking all
legislative committees and delegates who had proposals that
would affect the budget to present those matters by Tuesday,
April 25.
Summary of Financial Recommendations for 1973-1976 and
Description of General Funds
James A. Crippen (Detroit) called the Conference's
attention to the Workbook for Delegates which had been
prepared by the Council on World Service and Finance and
printed as No. 1-A of the Daily Christian Advocate. He
presented Section I of the Workbook, entitled "Summary
of Financial Recommendations for 1973-1976 and Descrip-
tion of General Funds" ; this was described as an eflfort to
give delegates a broad overview of the finances of the
church. He noted specifically sections of the Workbook
which provided brief descriptions of the general funds; a
graphic presentation of how the dollar spent by the local
church is divided ; and a summary sheet showing total appor-
tionments and goals being recommended by the Council
for nine basic general church funds and offerings.
Mr. Crippen explained that it was not the intention of
the Council to ask for Conference action on any items at
this session; the purpose of this presentation was only to
introduce the report to the Conference. He next called atten-
tion to those pages in the report which detailed the appor-
tionments to each conference as they would be if the Council
report were approved in the form in which it was being
presented. The process by which agency budget requests
had been received and heard by the Council on World Service
and Finance and by representatives of the Program Council
was summarized.
Mr. Crippen then noted where in the report the detailed
budget recommendations for each general fund could be
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found. He also drew attention to sections of the report
showing the receipts for each of the funds for each year
of the quadrennium. Finally a portion of the report giving
basic statistical information for the church was presented.
Mr. Crippen introduced Robert W. Preusch (New York)
for the presentation of specific recommendations for the
World Service Fund.
World Service Fund
Mr. Preusch first outlined the factors considered by
the Council on World Service and Finance in arriving at
recommendations.
Mr. Preusch: As we go into this budget, what we had to do is take
a hard look at the trend of the church and what kind of money
might we look to as a goal. So, we took a look at how much money
was asked for and what we were collecting and what was being
paid at the local level. In other words, we looked at the trend, and
we came to the conclusion that the trend seemed to be one of a much
greater desire to give at the local level and a greater desire to give
where the gift seemed to be traced directly to the purpose for which
it was given — in other words, an association.
As we move in this World Service budget you will notice that some
of the items have been moved out of World Service budget because
they appear elsewhere as special apportionments. We also considered
that there has been a two percent gain in total giving of all Methodists
to the church's causes of all sorts, including the local church. There's
been a 1 1/4 %> loss rate in total membership over the last several years.
There's been a five percent gain in the area of church buildings,
spending for capital purposes and debt reduction, and there has in this
last year been a five percent decline in giving in World Service. So that
we received, as you noted from these figures you were asked to look
at, that the total World Service Fund which in 1970 was $22,412,127
declined in 1971 to $21,450,642. So, we decided that what we had to do
is realistically try to hold the level on World Service on apportion-
ment, and we had that in our mind as we moved forward. We also
felt that we owed it to the church to make an in-depth study into
reserve funds, cash funds that might be held by agencies that weren't
being currently applied and, also, that we had to give special con-
sideration, however, to the changing needs so that we didn't just
move by percent up or down across the board but be sensitive to the
changing needs.
In the process of reviewing the askings we actually devised uniform
balance sheets, statement of changes in funds. We reviewed executive
salaries on a uniform report. We set up a uniform system of reporting
program centers. We set up uniform procedures for recording income
and expenditures. And, then with that, we reviewed areas that we
felt indicated duplications of one agency with another and duplication
of administrative areas and, in some cases, we recommended absorp-
tion of some functions of one agency by another. So that as this comes
back, our recommendations have taken those things in account.
Mr. Preusch explained the recommended allocations to
the various agencies from the World Service Fund, noting
the fact that for the first time agency requests and recom-
mended allocations were being presented on an annual basis
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for each year of the quadrennium, instead of the previous
practice of recommending one budget which would remain
in effect all four years of the quadrennium.
In reviewing the list of recommended World Service
allocations, Mr. Preusch noted special circumstances affect-
ing several of the recommendations. He stated that the
Council on World Service and Finance commended the
work of the American Bible Society as being exemplary of
the work of a World Service agency, but that the Council
also felt that the agency was financially strong and had
the fund-raising capability to raise the needed funds on
their own. Regarding the recommended declining allocation
for Ministerial Education, Mr. Preusch explained that this
cause was receiving increased support from the Ministerial
Education Fund, and that part of the understanding of the
General Conference in creating that Fund was that this
item would eventually be phased out of the World Sevice
Fund.
Regarding the Commission on Religion and Race Mr.
Preusch pointed out that in addition to the amount recom-
mended in the World Service Fund, there was also a request
for $1,000,000 for the Minority Group Self-Determination
program, and that this amount was being recommended in
another fund. In connection with Scarritt College, Mr.
Preusch noted that there was a provision that a portion of
the allocation could be contingent on the College raising
matching funds. He announced that a special study of Scar-
ritt College was to begin.
Illness of Bishop Kennedy
The Chair stated that the hour for recess had arrived.
He recognized Bishop Marvin Stuart, Denver Area, on a
matter of privilege. Bishop Stuart announced that Bishop
and Mrs. Gerald Kennedy, Los Angeles Area, had returned
to Southern California because of Bishop Kennedy's illness,
and that he was in the United Methodist Hospital in Arcadia.
He asked that the Conference send an expression of love and
the assurance of its prayers to Bishop and Mrs. Kennedy.
Melvin G. Talbert (Southern California- Arizona) moved
that this be done, and the motion was adopted. Bishop
Stuart offered a prayer.
Bishop Marvin Stuart: As I oflFer this prayer, let me share with you
the outline of a sermon I heard Bishop Kennedy give in First United
Methodist Church a week ago Sunday on the text While It Was Yet
Dark. He said, "Faith is courage, faith is light, faith is victory." Let
us pray.
We pray, O God, our Father, that thou wilt strengthen the courage
of Bishop and Mrs. Kennedy, that the light of thy love will burn
brightly vdthin them, and may Bishop Kennedy achieve the victory
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over this affliction, that the voice of that great preacher of the Word
may not be stilled. We pray for those doctors and nurses. Give them
the wisdom which they need. They are instruments of thine for his
healing. But, above all, we place him in the hands of the Great
Physician. The healing of his seamless dress is by our beds of pain.
We touch him in life's throng and press, and we are made whole
again. Amen.
Following the prayer the Conference was in recess. After
the recess the Conference was led by Carlton R. Young
(East Ohio) in the singing of the hymn, "Amazing Grace."
Committee on World Methodist Night
The chair recognized Paul A. Dtiffey (Alabama- West
Florida) for the presentation of persons responsible for the
World Methodist Night program the previous evening. Mr.
Duffey expressed appreciation to the World Methodist
Council for providing the flags used in the service. He
introduced John Clayton as the executive producer and
writer of the program Out on the Edge of Time and David
Abernathy as its producer.
Council on World Service and Finance
Robert W. Preusch (New York), continuing with the
report of the Council on World Service and Finance, called
attention to Report No. 2 dealing with the apportionment
formula for the World Service Fund. This recommended
apportionment involved a change from the previous formula
and would be based on two factors, church membership and
total expenditures minus payment on indebtedness, buildings
and improvements. He noted that apportionments calculated
on the recommended formula were printed in the Council's
report to enable delegates to compare for themselves the
effect of the proposed change on their annual conference's
apportionment.
Episcopal Fund
Foye G. Gibson (Holston) presented Council on World
Service and Finance Report No. 3, deahng with the Episco-
pal Fund. Mr, Gibson drew attention to the recommendations
for episcopal salaries and then explained recommended
changes in the episcopal pension plan.
Mr. Gibson: Then, in the matter of pensions, traditionally the
pensions have been recommended on the basis of 25% of the salary
of an active bishop plus a housing allowance, and this is continued
for all present bishops, both retired and active, those who retire this
year. Then there is a change suggested for_ bishops elected this year
and hereafter. Frankly, heretofore, a pastor in a conference who
had served as a conference claimant, either in the parish or the district
superintendency, he was discriminated against because he lost his
annual conference pension. If perchance the minister had served in
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some funded, vested program, as many of the men are now doing^,
they retained that portion of the pension that they had already
earned. And so this Section B is an endeavor to do two things:
first, to set a higher pension for the man who has served in the
episcopacy longer, and then, to grant to those ministers who were
conference claimants the pension that they would have earned as a
conference claimant. However, this pension would be paid in its
entirety from the Episcopal Fund.
After presenting the recommendations contained in the
report for housing allowances, office expenses, and travel
expenses, Mr. Gibson noted that the report contained the
recommendation that the apportionment for the Episcopal
Fund for the first year of the new quadrennium be reduced
from 2% to 1%% of pastors' cash salaries.
General Administration Fund
Robert W. Preusch (New York) presented Council on
World Service and Finance Report No. 4, dealing with the
General Administration Fund. He explained changes being
recommended as to which agencies should be included in
this fund budget. Among these changes were the transfer
of the Board of Pensions allocation from the World Service
Fund to General Administration ; the transfer of the Com-
mission on Ecumenical Affairs from General Administration
to the Interdenominational Cooperation Fund; and the
transfer of the Commission on Worship from General
Administration to World Service.
Mr. Preusch commented on some of the specific recom-
mendations. He explained that the World Methodist Council
had substantially increased responsibilities, including some
previously assigned to COSMOS. United Methodist Informa-
tion had experienced heavier costs connected with coverage
of General and Jurisdictional Conferences. The Council
had judged that the Methodist Corporation held reserves
adequate to meet its needs.
Interdenominational Cooperation Fund
Mr. Preusch continued by presenting Council on World
Service and Finance Report No. 5, dealing with the Inter-
denominational Cooperation Fund. He noted a new feature
in the recommendations relating to this fund.
Mr. Preusch: We came up with a recommendation of the Commission
on Ecumenical Affairs coming in as a prior claim into this budget
for $150,000 and charging that body with the responsibility of
coordinating the work between the other participating agencies in
this fund and The United Methodist Church, and the recommendations,
I think, that are before you are clear.
This budget equals $1,000,000; we've not collected it nearly as
well as administrative apportionments or World Service on apportion-
ments, and it is reasonable to assume that some reserves will come
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out of that $1,000,000 if we are realistic on payments and they
follow the past pattern. In other words, we've only been collecting
about 1%'^/r, 77 9f) of the apportionments on this item, so that over 20%
of the $1,000,000 will probably be lost, unless we go at raising the full
amount apportioned of the $1,000,000.
Temporary General Aid Fund
Paul Webb, Jr. (North Georgia) presented Council on
World Service and Finance Report No. 7, dealing with the
Temporary General Aid Fund. He summarized the historical
background of the fund and the purpose for which it had
been created. Changes which had been made in the fund
apportionment by the 1968 and 1970 General Conferences
were explained. The specific recommendations for 1973-
1976 as contained in the report were then presented.
Ministerial Education Fund
Mr. Webb continued with the presentation of Council
on World Service and Finance Report No. 6, dealing with
the Ministerial Education Fund. He reviewed the back-
ground of the fund, as it had originated on a jurisdictional
basis in the Southeastern Jurisdiction, and then as it had
been approved as a general church fund by the 1968 General
Conference. He summarized the growth in receipts of the
fund beginning with 1970, the first year in which it had
been apportioned on a national basis, and the recommenda-
tions for the 1973-1976 quadrennium as contained in the
report.
Black College Fund
Mr. Webb continued with the presentation of the Council
on World Service and Finance Report No. 8, dealing with
the Black College Fund. In addition to the report, Mr. Webb
referred the Conference to a position paper prepared by the
presidents of the twelve black colleges entitled Twelve
Negro Colleges and the report of the Commission on the
Black Colleges entitled Black Colleges: The Call to Renew
a Coimnitment. He stated that the Council was recommend-
ing that the full amount requested be raised by an apportion-
ment on the same formula as the World Service Fund.
Other Recommendations
James A. Crippen (Detroit) called attention to recom-
mendations contained in Report No. 9, Special Days, partic-
ularly to that portion of the report recommending that
there be a Human Relations Day observed as a special day
with offering. He also stated that Rural Life Sunday had
been inadvertently omitted from the section of the report
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entitled "Special Days Not Involved In Offerings." Mr.
Crippen concluded the report by referring delegates to
Section III of the report, which consisted of legislative rec-
ommendations.
Mr. Crippen announced that no action was being asked
on the report at this session, and that when it was presented
for action at a later session, the Conference would have
opportunity to offer amendments and perfect the report
as it wished.
Human Relations Day Referral
Raoid C. Calkins (West Ohio) moved that the proposal
for a Human Relations Day offering contained in the report
of the Council on World Service and Finance be referred
to the Legislative Committee on Christian Social Concerns.
The Chair called for the vote and ruled that the motion
to refer prevailed. Carroll H. Long (Holston) raised a point
of order that to refer to any specific committee other than
the Committee on Reference required a suspension of the
rules. The Chair stated that the point of order was well
taken. The Chair asked for a vote on the suspension of the
rules and ruled that it did not receive the required two-
thirds vote. The item was therefore not referred.
The Bishops' Call for Peace and the Self -Development of
Peoples
Bishop A. James Armstrong, Dakota Area, presented on
behalf of the Council of Bishops The Bishops' Call for Peace
and the Self-Development of Peoples (see page 1667).
Bishop Armstrong: Mr. Chairman, delegates, friends, a little less
than two years ago, the Executive Committee of the Council of
Bishops asked that a committee be formed to bring to this General
Conference and to The United Methodist Church, an emphasis upon
peace growing out of the felt and expressed needs of our people and
out of the urgent demands of our time. A task force on peace was
appointed drawn from the Council of Bishops; its members are before
you — Bishop John Wesley Lord, Bishop Roy Nichols, Bishop Earl
Hunt, Bishop McFerrin Stowe, Bishop Maynard Sparks, Bishop
Ernst Sommer from overseas and myself. We have met together;
we have met with persons representing the boards and agencies of
our Church, have entered into extensive communication, correspond-
ence, dialogue vdth ecumenical figures, with figures in public life, with
academicians, each with expertise in this field.
In our recent meeting as a Council in Des Moines we approved the
statement that is now in your hands, and, therefore, it is placed be-
fore you. We are mindful, I am certain, of the headlines that are
screaming across the newspapers that confront us each time we leave
this auditorium. We talk here about finance and structure, about the
essential ingredients of institutional life. There is no way to neglect
these items. But even as we discuss them, we feel guilty because we
are not addressing those issues that are determining the destiny of
earthbound people beyond these walls, persons who even now are being
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victimized and brutalized by a re-escalated war in Southeast Asia
and by other hostilities, other violence in other corners of this earth.
The statement that comes to you now is a general statement. It
does not specifically isolate any particular war, any single cause of
war, any single source of peace, but attempts, rather, to place before
all of us an approach to peace based in the Christ, based in the
faith that He is nonetheless aware of the dynamics that are at
work in our sort of world. In a moment, Bishop Roy Nichols will
present to you recommendations growing out of this Call that will be
offered for your possible response and action. But, first, in a moment
let me read particular sections of the Call itself, before doing that.
About five years ago Simon and Garfunkel had a song that was
making the rounds, sung in many of our churches, that moved all
of us. It was called, The Sounds of Silence. The most eloquent sound
of silence I have heard in my lifetime reverberated through this hall
yesterday as at the end of the morning session we moved out for
our quiet vigil, mindful of, many shamed, because of what is happen-
ing even now in Vietnam. That silence, your silence, helped set the
stage for these words.
The basic beliefs of the former Evangelical United Brethren
Church stated forthrightly that war and bloodshed are not compatible
with the Gospel and the Spirit of Christ. The Methodist Social Creed
said, "We must actively and constantly create the conditions of
peace." World peace, a requisite for human survival, is a fundamental
objective of Christians everjrwhere.
In a recent survey (and this of course has come to your attention
through Virgil Sexton's incisive book Listening to the Church)
United Methodists expressed their profound concern about the cheap-
ness with which human life is treated and the possibility of the total
extinction of the race. They revealed an overriding concern about
world peace and the morality of war. In response to this concern,
in the light of traditional denominational teachings, and on the basis
of a biblical faith, the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist
Church issues this Call for Peace and the Self -development of Peoples.
Peace is not simply the absence of war, a nuclear stalemate, or a
combination of uneasy cease-fires. It is that emerging dynamic reality
envisioned by prophets where spears and swords give way to the
implements of peace, where historic antagonists dwell together in
trust, and where righteousness and justice prevail. There will be no
peace with justice until unselfish and informed love are structured
into political processes and international arrangements.
The enemies of peace are many. War results from a complex of
personal, social, economic and political forces. If war is to be over-
come, its root causes must be isolated and dealt with. What are the
enemies of peace? (1) Blind self-interest is an enemy of peace. (2)
Economic exploitation is an enemy of peace. (3) Racism. Racism is an
enemy of peace. (4) Population explosion is an enemy of peace. (5)
Nation worship is an enemy of peace. (6) Continued reliance upon
military violence is an enemy of peace. (7) The arms race is an
enemy of peace.
Dehumanization, a special threat in a materialistic, technocratic
society, is implicit in almost all the "enemies of peace" we have out-
lined. The gospel of Jesus Christ proclaims the inestimable worth of
each individual. It is "personal" in the most radical sense of the word.
It seeks to humanize and would make common cause with those values
and forces that are working for the fulfillment of the human potential
in today's world.
Peace is the gift of God, a gift that comes when man meets the
conditions of God. The God who gives us peace is the Father of all
men and the judge of all nations. He has revealed His perfect will
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through Jesus Christ, the Lord of history, the Prince of Peace. God's
Holy Spirit, the cleansing and unifying presence in our midst, is
able to work through current conflict and disruption that the divine
will might be done on earth.
And what are God's conditions for peace? They are many. They
are personal and cultural; theological and practical; attitudinal and
systemic. God calls us to penitence and new life. In the light of
present crisis we are called upon to be "heartily sorry for these our
misdoings." We have been vain and self-serving, indifferent to
poverty and hunger, insensitive in the face of exploitation and
suffering; we have enthroned the values of a materialistic society;
we have reflected racist attitudes and participated in racists' systems ;
we have worshipped our native land, had undue faith in military
violence, permitted concepts of "national honor" to take precedence
over the well-being of brutalized persons in distant places.
Each of us, in the light of misguided loyalties and present apathy,
is called upon to pray earnestly the familiar prayer, "0 God, be
merciful to me a sinner," Genuine repentance can lead to a new life.
One of the central injunctions of a biblical faith is, "Repent and
believe. . . ." "When anyone is united to Christ there is a new world;
the old order has gone and a new order has already begun." New life
based upon honest awareness of past failures and sins is a requisite
for peace within and world peace. Old values and allegiances are
replaced by a new ethic in "the new being."
If God's conditions for peace include penitence and new life, they
can also be summarized with one word: love. Mature love is neither
sensuality nor sentimentality. It is not a refuge for the naive. It is
an unswerving and uncompromising way of life. It goes a second
mile, turns the other cheek, accepts and offers itself for friend and
enemy alike. It feeds the hungry, clothes the naked, seeks out the
rejected and liberates the oppressed. Freedom is love's expression.
Justice is love's demand. Believing that those who live by the sword
will perish by the sword, and that those who find their security in
nuclear stockpiles may well be destroyed by that weaponry, love seeks
to overcome evil with good.
"God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself . . . and . . ,
he has entrusted us with the message of reconciliation." (2 Cor. 5:19)
Even as God is the source of our peace He has called us to be his
servants; custodians of his message; "peacemakers."
We have mentioned "the enemies of peace." Each of these enemies
needs to be dealt with specifically. If war results from greed,
ambition and sinful self-interest, peace requires the literal conversion
of persons, of attitudes and values. It also requires a radical redefini-
tion of institutional goals and priorities. Self-interest must be seen in
relationship to love for God and brother man (Luke 10:25-28). If
extremes of poverty and hunger are to be overcome, development
programs must be based upon principles of global need and account-
ability. They should not be designed to reinforce particular economic
systems or protect the markets of privileged nations.
Development, however, involves more than economic improvement.
It refers to self-reliance and self-determination. The self-development
of people requires equality of opportunity, full participation in
decision-making processes, and a diffusion of political power from the
few to the many. There will be no peace with justice unless liberation
is gained by those who have been manipulated and victimized by
interests that have been willing to profit from the continued depriva-
tion of the weak and the powerless.
But, the oppressor needs to be liberated as truly as the oppressed.
Liberation affects the whole man. It is salvation; it is humanization.
It is social, economic, political and spiritual. It calls for the structural
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implementation of those values announced by our Lord when he said
he had come that the "broken victims" of life might "go free"
(Luke 4:18).
Racism must give way to justice if peace is to become a reality.
This justice, based upon new attitudes, understanding and relation-
ships, will be reflected in the laws, policies, structures and practices
of both church and state. If dignity and self-determination are human
rights, then respect for and the preservation of particular ethnic,
cultural and racial traditions and values should be encouraged and
assured.
It is not the function of Christian witness to "Westernize,"
"Easternize," "Americanize" or in other ways acculturate human
attitudes and responses. It is the function of the Christian to bring
the full dimensions of the gospel of love and justice to bear upon the
human situation. Concerned and adequate -population control programs
must be developed if the planet is not to be crowded beyond its
capacity to support human life.
If peace is to come, nation-worship must be supplanted by the
loyalty implicit in the declaration, "God so loved the tvorld . . . ."
The individual is normally a patriot. He loves the soil of his native
land and the heritage that has shaped his days. Grateful for home
and heritage he is now called to a higher patriotism.
Once men were forced to organize as tribes for self -protection, then
tribes as city-states and city-states as nation-states. Today we
are called to look beyond the limited and competing boundaries of
nation-states to the larger and more inclusive community of man.
This movement from narrow nationalism to global loyalties requires
both international law and interyiational orgayiization. The develop-
ment of international law has included a variety of landmark treaties.
If peace with justice is to come, nation-states should utilize the
United Nations and the International Court of Justice, as well as
international trade, relief and scientific institutions, while seeking to
perfect the instruments of international organization. If peace is to
come, our present reliance upon military institutions and domination
by a military-industrial complex must be replaced by civilian control
of the military.
An ordered society must be policed by forces responsible to that
same society. Self-serving national military forces must eventually
give way to duly constituted international peace-keeping units. The
tradition of von-violent love is a fundamental dimension of the Chris-
tian faith. Christians are challenged to consider and embrace this
personal stance, thus providing a redemptive witness in society.
There must be eventual disarmament. We cannot be certain of the
causes of a particular war. "Causes" may be simply pretexts. In the
final analysis, it is the presence of military institutions in the nations
of the world that makes wars possible and arms races probable. The
tide must be turned.
Recognizing the strategic dangers of unilateral disarmament,
nations can begin processes of military disengagement and move
toward bilateral and multilateral disarmament agreements within the
framework of the United Nations. Our suicidal confidence in arms
and military systems must give way to a radical reordering of
priorities and an awareness of overriding human values.
The ingredients of peace are indivisible. Its realization cannot be
achieved apart from theological, ethical and practical "sources." The
individual must assume his full responsibility for "peacemaking." The
Church must be far more faithful to its Lord, the Prince of Peace,
than it has been willing to be in the past. And nations must become
more deeply involved in the continuing processes of the self-develop-
ment of people and the creation of a just and peaceful world order.
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Unless the most powerful and responsible members of the human
family are willing to deal with the root causes of war, running the
essential risks and making the necessary sacrifices, man will destroy
himself. "(Christ Jesus) is himself our peace ... In his own body
flesh and blood has broken down the enmity which stood like a
dividing wall . . . For he (came) to create ... a single new humanity
in himself, thereby making peace." (Ephesians 2:13-16 NEB)
Recommendations — Bishop Roy C. Nichols
Bishop Roy C. Nichols, Pittsburgh Area, presented rec-
ommendations based on the Bishops' Call (see page 1673) .
Harold A. Bosley (New York) : I move that this General Conference
endorse the Bishops' Call for Peace and the Self-Development of
Peoples and that we support the recommendation for the implementa-
tion of this cause. If there is a second to this, I would like to speak
to it for just a moment.
Mr. Bosley spoke on behalf of his motion. Marshall C.
Hjelte (Pacific Northwest) asked whether the report would
be referred to a committee. The Chair stated that if the
motion to endorse were adopted, it would not be referred.
Mr. Hjelte moved to amend recommendation #7 to add a
representative from the Board of the Laity; he spoke on
behalf of the amendment. Bishop Armstrong accepted the
amendment on behalf of the committee. Merlyn W. North-
felt (Northern Illinois) suggested that one seminary pro-
fessor and one seminary student be added to the commit-
tee. Bishop Armstrong accepted the suggestion.
Paul J. Meuschke (Western Pennsylvania) : I would like to amend
paragraph 6 of the recommendations to include after the words in
the first sentence ". . . the General Church ..." a comma and then
these words ". . . the Annual Conferences and the local churches . . ."
and if there is a second I will make a brief comment.
Mr. Meuschke spoke on behalf of the amendment. Bishop
Armstrong accepted it on behalf of the committee. Scott
Jones (Youth Delegation) moved to amend paragraph 7
of the recommendations to include one representative of the
United Methodist Council on Youth Ministry. Bishop Arm-
strong accepted the amendment. Dean A. Banning (Northern
New Jersey) asked a question as to the approximate
amount of money envisaged in recommendation 8, which
requested an "adequate budget" for the proposed Coordi-
nating Committee. Bishop Armstrong replied that $50,000
had been requested and that the money was intended main-
ly to provide for the cost of one meeting per year of the
Committee and for the cost of seminars, training sessions
and conferences ; none would be used for staff.
Victor C. Vinhian (Northwest Philippines) spoke on
behalf of the main motion. Jack M. Tuell (Pacific North-
west) moved that the proposal be referred to the Council
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on World Service and Finance as required by Section VII
of The Plan of Organization. The Chair indicated that this
would be done under the regular rules of the Conference
and did not require specific action.
Kenneth Cooper (Alabama-West Florida) asked if the
committee would accept an amendment to recommendation
7 to include one woman on the Committee. Bishop Armstrong
replied that this presented no problem.
Point of Order
James W. Bristah (Detroit) asked the Chair to rule
whether the discussion and motion on this matter was in
order in view of a report of the Committee on Reference
printed in the Daily Christian Advocate indicating that this
matter had been referred to the Legislative Committee on
Christian Social Concerns. Bishop Armstrong replied that
the item which had been referred was the bishops' state-
ment on the intensification of the war in Vietnam and was
misnamed in the report printed in the Daily Christian
Advocate. The Chair asked for clarification as to whether
the Bishops' Call had already been referred. Robert T.
Young (Western North Carolina) asked whether it was in
order for the Committee on Reference to refer a petition
or report before it was received by the Conference. The
Chair stated that it was in order.
Robert W. Moon (California-Nevada) stated that the
Legislative Committee on Christian Social Concerns was
ready to report on the item mentioned in the Daily Christian
Advocate, but that the item did deal with a different issue.
Everett Jones (Baltimore), secretary of the legislative
committee, stated that the committee report on the item
had been printed in the Daily Christian Advocate and
moved that that report be considered by the Conference.
Tho7nas L. Cromwell (East Ohio) raised a point of order
that the item had not been printed and before the Con-
ference for the required amount of time; he stated also
that the calendar item mentioned by Mr. Jones was not re-
lated to the Bishops' Call. Mr, Jones moved that the rules
be suspended so that Christian Social Concerns Committee
Report No. 1 concerning the Bishops' Call for Peace could
be considered immediately.
John H. Rixse, Jr. (Virginia) stated that the Committee
Report No. 1 and the petition reported by the Committee
on Reference as referred to the legislative committee did
not carry the same petition number. Mr. Jones assured the
Conference that this was an error and that they were
identical.
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Bishop Armstrong again stated that, despite the similar
title, Committee Report No. 1 and the Bishops' Call he had
presented to the Conference were not the same and should
not be confused.
Leo L. Baker (North Texas) asked for clarification
regarding the meaning of recommendation 6.
Mr. Baker (North Texas) : My question is to Bishop Armstrong that
in item No. 6 of the clarification on line 2, it says "analyze their
investments in corporations holding military contracts." I would like
his explanation of what is meant by military contracts. In order to
lead him into my thought about this, do you infer here or interpret
this to mean, all contracts from the armed services of the United
States.
Bishop Armstrong: I don't believe that my view at this point is a
vitally important thing nor is that really of the body of Bishops
before you. We have attempted in each of these items to be flexible
so that those who are assuming responsibility can apply their own
valid and Christian interpretation to the words. We have attempted
to shy away from being too specific, too particular, leaving the
initiative to those who are doing the interpreting in the boards and
agencies and who have responsibilities in the corporate structure
in the nations. So there is no fast definition before us.
Mrs. Robert J. Hoover (Iowa) moved to amend the
Bishops' Call by editing it to remove male-oriented language.
The amendment was accepted by Bishop Armstrong on
behalf of the committee. Robert E. Cushman (North Caro-
lina) moved the previous question on all that was before
the Conference. The call for the previous question was
supported.
The main motion to endorse the Bishops' Call and to
support the recommendations for its implementation was
put to a vote and adopted.
Question Regarding Judicial Council Decision
Melvin G. T albert (Southern Cahfornia-Arizona) asked
if it was possible to get the Judicial Council Decision regard-
ing the seating of delegates. Leon Hickman (Judicial Coun-
cil) reported that the decision would be ready Friday
morning.
Time Extended
The Chair noted that it was near the time for adjourn-
ment and asked the will of the Conference. Paul A. Duffey
(Alabama- West Florida) moved an extension of the time to
hear both of the reports remaining on the agenda. The
motion failed to carry.
Robert E. Hayes, Sr. (Texas) noted that several of the
black college presidents had flown to Atlanta for this session
in order to be present when the report of the Commission
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on the Black Colleges was presented; he moved to extend
the time for ten minutes for the presentation of that report.
John T. King (Southwest Texas) moved to amend the
motion to allow twenty minutes. Kenneth Cooper (Alabama-
West Florida) moved a substitute that the Agenda Commit-
tee be instructed to schedule the report as the first item
of business for Friday morning. The substitute was defeated.
The amendment to extend the time twenty minutes was
adopted.
Commission on the Black Colleges of The United Methodist
Church (see page 1676)
Bishop James S. Thomas, Iowa Area, was recognized
for the presentation of the report. Bishop Thomas presented
the presidents of the United Methodist black colleges : Isaac
Miller, Bennett College ; Richard V. Moore, Bethune-Cook-
man (College; Hubert V. Manning, Claflin College; Vivian
Henderson, C^lark College; John T. King, Huston-Tillotson
College; Raijmon White, Morristown College; Lucius Pitts,
Paine College ; Walter R. Hazzard, Philander Smith College ;
W. A. McMillan, Rust College; Robert E. Hayes, Wiley
College; and Lloyd Elam, Meharry Medical College.
Bishop Thomas: Now, Mr. Chairman, not to add any further to the
time in which you have given I would like to attempt this report with
what I feel to be the weight, both of the fact and the emotion, which
come to focus at this time. If this General Conference were to hear
me say that it is now at this very moment in the position to support
a plan which would literally release a dispersed army of people in
our society that would make a tremendous difference in the quality
of our society, you would immediately think that I am trying to sell
you something.
I respect you too much for that, and you respect me too much to
listen to that if it is only a sales pitch. There are no bargain base-
ments to the business of education. It is a matter of devotion and of
support, and I propose to come immediately to the points that bring
us here at this time. Let me therefore divide these few words into
three or four simple statements which you will find adequately
documented in this report. But it carries with it a flood of other facts
to be found in documented history which I do not have the time
to recount.
First, this report comes to you as the evidence of our historic
commitment to the support of black colleges. The history is much too
much to be recounted here. Just at the end of the war, there arose
several organizations for what was then called the relief of the freed-
men. Four to six million black people were released and became
freed to face the burden of their own support with lack of education.
Our church immediately rushed into the vacuum. Fifty-nine schools
were planted the first year throughout the South where most of
these people were. People were going to school learning their letters, as
it was then said, rather quaintly, as grandmothers and grandfathers.
There is a tremendous romance here and one would dare not begin
to tell this kind of story at this late hour. The only point is that the
historic commitment is clear and concise and meaningful. It is per-
haps providential that we meet here in 1972, one century to the year,
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after the Methodist Church officially adopted the Freedmen's Aid
Society as a benevolent institution, as the General Conference of 1872
began to support the Freedmen's Aid Society which had come into
existence six years earlier, when those ministers and laymen, a volun-
tary group of Methodists, a caucus if you will, met in Trinity
Church, Cincinnati, and there formed the Freedmen's Aid Society.
One hundred years hence and since that time we have been support-
ing these colleges. We have done well but never enough to get over
the hump. And it is a historic hump about which we speak now.
Second, I would like to speak very briefly about where these colleges
are in their life and in their history.
In 1968 another General Conference committed itself to making this
a high priority. In 1970 this became the Negro College Advance. This
is 1972; we bring you a report which comes from your commission.
The study of the black college is thoroughly documented in every
detail. Now just one or two words about the recommendations that
you will find here. Knowing now that the business of financing edu-
cation is more serious than it has ever been before, we would underline
recommendation three and recommendation five. The other seven
recommendations are highly important, but these must be understood.
I do not agree with the college president who felt that every
problem he had could be cured by $20 million. They could not be. You
could not cure that simplistic answer, for example. Money can't cure
everything, but it goes a long way toward providing the atmosphere in
which quality education can take place; and these twelve institutions,
now all accredited, come to place befoi'e this General Conference the
plea to do what has never been done in history — to make them ade-
quate in terms of the times, in terms of educational standards and
in terms of accreditation.
Also among the recommendations, in order to be very fair with the
church and understanding of the church's position, we will be asking
at the appropriate time for a continuing commission, to be sure that
the stewardship here exercised can be a valid stewardship on our
part. Anything less than that would not be worthy of us. The time
will not permit me to go further. We were challenged by Bishbp
Wicke to ask for and expect a miracle. We do. We expect the miracle
that this General Conference, understanding the weight of the cen-
tury upon these institutions, will accept and support the request for
$6 million a year and will subsequently pay that amount, that these
institutions might release that army of people into the world to
make a mighty difference in the quality of our culture. I know what
it means personally to go to one of these institutions, to become an
economic burden upon that institution because there was not money
to pay for it. There is not time for a personal testimony, but I must
say that were it not for these institutions and were it not for the
Crusade Scholarship Fund, I as one person would not find it possible
to be here.
And so, Mr. Chairman and members of the General Conference,
this is not nearly all that should be said; it is possibly all that ought
to be said under these circumstances. We are perfectly willing to leave
this in the hands of the General Conference remembering the tremen-
dous responsibility and the opportunity for investment which we
have that every dollar — removing all of the sentimental and human
considerations from the picture — every dollar invested in this amount
will multiply itself five times over as the foundations and others
who see the good intentions of the Methodist Church will respond as
they have not in the past century to the needs of these colleges.
Now, Mr. Chairman, President John King will have just a word in
support of this statement.
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Bishop Wertz: Thank you, Bishop Thomas.
John T. King (Southwest Texas) : Bishop Wertz and members of the
General Conference. I think it is sufficient for me to say that these
colleges are depending upon you. You created us. You nurtured us.
To some extent across the years you have sustained us. But now is
the time for you to come to our aid as you have never done before.
Now is the time for you to join us in making possible the future
which can be ours together. The hundreds of thousands of young
people who are yet to walk across the campuses of these and other
institutions are depending vipon us and the decisions which we make
at this place, at this time.
So, Bishop Wertz, and members of the General Conference, the
Plan of Organization of this General Conference provides that reports
from special study committees ought to be referred automatically to
the appropriate legislative committees for study. I do not believe that
a motion of reference is necessary. However, in order that there be
no mistake, I move that the report of the Commission on the Black
Colleges of The United Methodist Church be referred to the Committee
on Reference for referral to the appropriate legislative committees
and such other General Conference committees as will be appropriate.
Bishop Wertz: The motion is regularly before you. It is a motion
of reference. Are you ready? All who will support it will show the
hand. Opposed. And it is done. Thank you very much. We express
our very sincere appreciation.
Closing
Announcements were made by the Secretary-Designate,
J. B. Holt. Bishop Richard C. Raines, Retired, dismissed
the Conference with a prayer.
SIXTH DAY, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1972
MORNING SESSION
Opening — Bishop Reuben H. Mueller
Pursuant to adjournment, the General Conference of The
United Methodist Church convened in the morning session
of the sixth day, Friday, April 21, 1972, at 8 :30 a.m. in
the Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia, with Bishop Reuben H.
Mueller, Indiana Area, presiding.
Devotions
Choral music was presented by the McMurry College
Chanters, McMurry College, Abilene, Texas, under the
direction of Bernhardt Tiede. The Conference sang the
hymn, "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name" ; the hymn was
followed by a unison prayer and a litany from "Choruses
from the Rock" by T. S. Eliot. The hymn "Blow Ye the
Trumpet, Blow" was sung, followed by the reading of Luke
4:18-19 and Romans 8:2-14. Bishop Charles F. Golden,
San Francisco Area, spoke on the subject, "The Church
Liberated-! For What-?" (see page 741). The liturgist was
Richard 0. Johnson (California-Nevada).
General Conference Business Manager
The Chair recognized Norman L. Conard, General Con-
ference Business Manager, for a statement. Mr. Conard
explained that due to an unexpectedly large crowd at the
preaching service the previous afternoon, it had been neces-
sary to move that service to the Civic Center. He asked
that persons who were unable to locate material left on their
desks notify a page, and every effort would be made to
find or replace such material.
Committee on Journal
George R. Akers (Wyoming) reported that the journal for
April 20 had been received and approved by the Committee.
Committee on Agenda
Douglas F. Verdin (New York) reported on behalf of
the Committee on Agenda that the plan for Saturday, April
21, was to have plenary sessions both in the morning and
afternoon for the purpose of hearing reports and considering
calendar items. Mr. Verdin moved the adoption of the agenda
for Friday, including this session and afternoon and
evening sessions of legislative committees, as printed in the
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Daily Christian Advocate. The agenda was adopted. Mr.
Verdin noted that a report from the Judicial Council was
scheduled as a part of the report of the Committee on Cre-
dentials. He also called attention to the special music and
preaching service scheduled for the afternoon at First
United Methodist Church.
Committee on Credentials
W. T. Handy, Jr. (Louisiana) reported that the Commit-
tee had met and examined the changes in the seating of
delegates reported by the chairpersons of annual conference
delegations, and that the changes would appear in the
proper form in the journal. He moved the adoption of the
report, and it was adopted.
Judicial Council Decision No. 354
Murray H. Leiffer, president of the Judicial Council, called
attention to Decision No. 354 as printed in the Daily Chris-
tian Advocate (see Journal, page 688).
Melvin G. Talbert (Southern California-Arizona) moved
that, in Hght of the Judicial Council Decision, the 1972
General Conference seat those persons affected by the
decision with their respective delegations without vote and
with their expenses paid. The motion was adopted.
Committee on Presiding Officers
Jack M. Tuell (Pacific Northwest) announced that the
presiding officers for Saturday's session would be Bishop
H. Ellis Finger, Jr., Nashville Area, for the morning session,
and Bishop A. James Armstrong, Dakota Area, for the
afternoon session.
Committee on Courtesies and Privileges
Mrs. Alvirita Little (Pacific Northwest) stated that the
Committee was recommending Conference consideration of
three matters of privilege at this session. She asked that
Benedict A. Galloway (Louisiana) be recognized. Mr. Gallo-
way announced that it had been necessary for Robert F.
Harrington (Louisiana) to leave the Conference due to the
death of his mother, and moved that the Conference send
a message of condolence. The motion was adopted.
Mrs. Little requested that William H. Ruff (North
Georgia) be recognized for a matter of privilege. Mr. Ruff
moved that the Conference ask the Agenda Committee to
establish an order of the day for fifteen minutes in the
Saturday session to commemorate the life of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. The motion was adopted.
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Mrs. Little asked that William L. Bates, Jr. (Seminarian
Delegation) and Bevel Jones (North Georgia) be recognized
for a matter of privilege. Mr. Bates expressed concern
regarding the large quantity of paper waste generated by
the Conference and stated that he had asked Mr. Jones
whether some appropriate action could be taken.
Bevel Jones (North Georgia) : Mr. Bates has talked with us about
this. We share his concern. We appreciate his, and his colleagues',
spirit of stewardship. Therefore, I move, and we are prepared to
implement this, that the Conference commend and honor the concern
of the seminarians, and that we carefully and responsibly arrange all
printed matter, not to be kept by delegates and visitors, so that it
can be systematically collected by the Local Committee on Arrange-
ments and prepared for recycling, and that the money derived there-
from be given to the Fund for Reconciliation.
The motion was adopted.
Committee on Review (see page 1916)
The Chair recognized Roy J. Grogan (Central Texas),
chairman of the Committee on Review, for the presentation
of the report. Mr. Grogan called attention to the printed
report of the Committee, noting particularly that portion
of the report in which the Committee recommended that
certain of its functions be assigned to other agencies and
that the Committee be discontinued. He stated that legisla-
tion to accomplish this purpose had been presented to the
General Conference.
Regarding Committee Report No. 2, Mr. Grogan said
that because the Committee did not seek its own continued
existence, it felt itself in a unique position to comment on
the issue of restructuring being considered by the Confer-
ence. Mr. Grogan summarized the material contained in
Committee Report No. 2 as printed.
Inasmuch as the report required no action, Mr. Grogan
moved that it be received, and that Report No. 2 be referred
to the appropriate legislative committees by the Committee
on Reference. The Chair stated that this did not require
Conference action and would be done under the rules of
the Conference.
Program Council (see page 1771)
The Chair recognized Bishop W. Ralph Ward (Syracuse
Area), president of the Program Council. Bishop Ward
introduced Paid V. Church, general secretary of the Pro-
gram Council, and Gerald L. Clapsaddle, Hoivard Greenivalt
and Harry C. Spencer, associate general secretaries. He
also expressed appreciation to Bishop R. Marvin Stuart
(Denver Area), Bishop Aubrey G. Walton (Louisiana
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Area), and Robert A. Uphoff, vice-presidents of the Pro-
gram Council. Bishop Ward then presented John B. War-
man (Western Pennsylvania), Paid V. Church, and Theo-
dore C. Mayer (East Ohio), who would assist in the pres-
entation of the report.
Mr. Warman presented those portions of the printed
Program Council report contained in Part I, Proposed
Legislation, item 1 (Paragraphs 801-821) and item 2 (Para-
graphs 822-836 and 1392-1397). He explained the stated
purpose of each of the proposed legislative changes.
Paul v. Church presented the proposed legislation con-
tained in Part I, item 3, under the heading, "United Meth-
odist Council on Youth Ministry." He stated that since
this Council was administratively related to the Program
Council's Division of Coordination, the Program Council
was transmitting this legislation to the General Conference.
He proceeded with the presentation of Part I, item 4 (Para-
graphs 841.5 and 843) and item 5 (Paragraph 844). Mr.
Church explained the purpose of each of the proposed
legislative changes.
Bishop Ward presented proposed legislation contained
in Part I of the report, item 6 (Paragraph 869), explaining
that this would give the Program Council a voice in any
budgetary changes necessitated by emergencies or the chang-
ing of priorities between sessions of the General Conference.
Theodore C. Mayer (East Ohio) presented proposed
legislation for the Advance as contained in Part I, item 7
(Paragraphs 871-878), explaining the purpose of each of
the proposed changes.
Mr. Church presented the remaining items of proposed
legislation contained in Part I, item 8 (Paragraph 153),
item 9 (Paragraph 161.4) and item 10 (Paragraph 162.2),
explaining the purpose of each.
Mr. Church then referred the Conference to Part II of
the Program Council's printed report, dealing with Program
Council recommendations on matters referred to it by the
1968 and 1970 General Conferences. He noted that items 1,
2, and 3 had already been properly referred and that item 4
would be dealt with separately. He stated material contained
in Part III of the report, items 1-6, was related to Part II,
item 4, and would be presented with it.
Mr. Church called attention to Part III, items 7 and 8,
which he identified as resolutions related to the work of
TRAFCO. He then referred to Part IV, Decisions, calling
attention specifically to item 9, permission granted for the
holding of various national conferences in the next quad-
rennium.
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Mr. Church then presented Part V, Recommendations and
Responses, calling attention to item 5, dealing with priority-
issues, program plans and suggested resources as submitted
to the Program Council by the general program agencies.
Mr. Church: This is one of the most significant things, I believe,
that has happened in the entire quadrennium in the life of the Pro-
gi*am Council. The proposals that have been submitted are in relation
to the presentation that will come following the recess in the area
of Planning for Ministry — '73 and Beyond. The boards were asked
to submit their plans in the event that the General Conference adopted
these proposed priorities. I have spent a good many hours trying to
internalize the whole scope of those plans. I would covet for each of
you that type of an experience, to get something of a grasp of the
scope of the programs of general agencies of The United Methodist
Church as they seek to be in mission in the far corners of the earth,
throughout our homelands, and to discover the kind of plans that
are being made to help in resourcing annual conferences and local
churches for their mission. It is tremendous, and all that I can say
in regard to these 500 proposals is that there is very little overlap,
very little duplication in them. The real problem is that there are so
many holes, so many places where we ought to be in mission where
so very little is being proposed.
Report Received and Referred
Edward G. Carroll (Baltimore) moved that the report of
the Program Council be received and that the recommenda-
tion for the appointment of a commission to study the
jurisdictional system (Part II, item 1) and the resolutions
contained in Part III, items 7 and 8, be referred to the
Committee on Reference. The Chair ruled that this would
be done under the rules of the Conference and no motion
of referral was required.
Study Commission on the Participation of Women in The
United Methodist Church (see page 1732)
Bishop Thomas M. Pryor (Chicago Area) was recognized
for the presentation of the report. Bishop Pryor directed the
Conference's attention to the printed report which had been
distributed and to the resolutions and proposed legislative
changes included in it and also printed as Part III, items 1-6,
of the Program Council report. He introduced Donald B.
App, Robert B. Goodivin, Myrna Gum, Doris Handy, Ernes-
tine McKinney, Christine Modisher, Linda Patrick, Harvey
H. Sander and Robert A. Uphoff as members of the commis-
sion, and Gerald L. Clapsaddle and Ala^i K. Waltz as Pro-
gram Council staff consultants. He reviewed the purpose of
the Commission as stated in the report and presented Linda
Patrick to explain the recommendations and goals.
Mrs. Patrick: The issue of the participation of women in the life
and work of the denomination cannot be considered in isolation from
the entire issue of the role of women in society and in all of life.
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Part of the general genesis of the issue which is currently manifest
within the organizational patterns and structures of the church is
found in the lack of concern indicated by society in general and the
Christian community in particular for the enablement of all persons.
The affirmation of the personhood of the individual must be more
than just an affirmation. It must be translated into action. It is in
this context of affirmation as a prior condition to action that the
study commission gave considerable time and thought of a discussion
of goals for The United Methodist Church in the area of the enable-
ment of women as persons, in their involvement in the Christian
community, and in their participation in the organizational structures
of the denomination. The goals which were formulated are presented
so that a sense of concern, purpose, and direction can be developed
by the denomination. This statement of goals is to serve as the start-
ing point for rechanneling of attention, concern, energy and resources,
to enhance the God-given potential of each person regardless of sex.
Mrs. Patrick presented the specific recommendations
contained in the printed report of the study commission
under the heading "Recommendations for the Enhancement
of the Participation of Women."
Bishop Pryor presented the six resolutions and proposed
amendments to the Book of Discipline as proposed by the
study commission in its report. In connection with the
resolution regarding male-oriented and/or discriminatory
language in the Book of Discipline, Bishop Pryor cited
examples and stated that, if the resolution was approved by
the General Conference, a book enumerating the disciplinary
paragraphs needing change would be presented to the editors
of the Book of Discipline. He noted also that three of the
resolutions were in the form of constitutional amendments
which would change male-oriented language in the constitu-
tion of the church.
Bishop Pryor then presented Doris M. Handy (Western
Pennsylvania) for a statement and motion of reference.
Miss Handy: Mr. Chairman and Members of the Delegation: In con-
cluding the report of this study committee, I merely want to lift up
for you the privilege and the joy it has been to participate with a
committee so dedicated to its task. The committee has been wholly
committed and brings a unanimous report to you. All that you have
heard and all that is in your hands has not one dissenting vote.
The committee wants the General Conference of 1972 of The United
Methodist Church to realize and put into motion machinery that will
help all United Methodists understand and, yea, even beyond the
Methodist Church, that we know that the hands that rock the cradles
and serve the rolls and extend the courtesies are attached to warm
hearts, hearts that have been strangely warmed, and clear minds which
can make decisions and handle even the gavel effectively. We must
then become a church in which the potentials of all, male and female,
or, if you prefer, men and women, will be utilized to the fullest;
and, thus, we present this report to you today.
Mr. Chairman, I move that the Report of the Committee to Study
the Role and Participation of Women in the Program and Policy-
Making Channels of The United Methodist Church be referred to
the Committee on Reference for referral to the appropriate legislative
committees.
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The Chair stated that the report would be referred in
accordance with the rules of the Conference and that no
motion of referral was required.
Georgia Night
The Chair recognized Gene Carroll for a statement on
behalf of the Local Committee regarding a dramatic and
media presentation entitled "The Bridge," planned for
presentation on Saturday and Sunday evenings at Georgia
Night. Mr. Carroll introduced his associate Dave Abernathy,
who presented the song "A Man Named Wesley Passed This
Way," which was to be a part of the production.
Recess
/. B. Holt (Secretary-Designate) made announcements,
and the Conference was in recess for fifteen minutes.
Following the recess the Conference was led in the singing
of the hymn "Joy to the World" by Carlton Young.
Recognition of Georgia Harkness
The Chair recognized Pauline Bobbitt (Southern Cali-
fornia-Arizona) for a matter of privilege.
Pauline Bobbitt: Bishop Mueller, this has been a very special day
for women attending this General Conference, and it is a special
day for one woman member of the Conference, and a Delegate of the
Southern California-Arizona Conference. Dr. Georgia Harkness has
long been a champion and advocate for the liberation of all men
and women. This is her birthday. We believe it would be fitting that
Dr. Harkness be recognized at this time.
Dr. Harkness was accorded a standing ovation by the
Conference.
Georgia Harkness (Southern California- Arizona) : This is a tribute
which moves me very deeply indeed. I can hardly find words to express
my gratitude, and it is perhaps unusual for me to fail to find words.
The General Conferences have been more than gracious to me, year
after year. This happens to be my sixth. It might be said I'm a "hardy
perennial." But above all the things that have come to me, you
touch my heart deeply. This is the greatest. And with the action taken
this morning in regard to the place of women in the church, I can
say that I believe the Kingdom is nearer than when we believed.
Thank you.
Bishop Mueller: Thank you very much. Dr. Harkness, we are honored
with your presence. We return to our agenda to pick up the report
of the Committee on the Advance, Bishop Ward.
The Advance (see page 1693)
Bishop W. Ralph Ward, Syracuse Area, directed the
attention of the Conference to the printed report of the
Advance Committee, entitled "The Advance: Partnership
in the Seventies." He introduced Dr. Thomas F. Guffin, a
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surgeon and member of The Peachtree Road United Meth-
odist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, for a statement regarding
the Advance.
Dr. Guffin: When I was asked to speak to you about Advance Specials
I spent some time talking to the members of our congregation, the
ministers and the local administrative leaders, in an attempt to give
you a very brief, concise, but yet honest, statement on what Advance
Special means to my local church, Peachtree Road United Methodist.
As one of the larger contributors to Advance Specials in Methodism,
I think the feeling is that we feel more than a duty, we feel an actual
need to participate in this that we call our second line of giving. Now
participation in Conference Benevolences are an integral and neces-
sary part of our mission thrust and represents our first line of giving
to missions, without which the entire mission endeavor would falter.
But we must recognize, in the local church, that these benevolences
passed down from a General Conference to a Jurisdictional Confer-
ence to an Annual Conference, to a local Charge Conference are often
far removed from the conscience and concerns of the average mem-
ber of a congregation.
Sometimes it is only through the efforts of the Women's Society of
Christian Service that we men are aware of them at all unless some
of us are actually involved in the administration of these funds.
So they are far removed from our consciences unless we dig down
to see what they are, but this Conference and the Board of Missions
has, in its wisdom, provided a second line of giving, the Advance
Special that allows for a more personal involvement and commitment
to missions. Generally, given a choice of mission thiaist, the average
person, class or church will receive a greater satisfaction from time
and money spent in giving to an Advance Special than from any
other benevolence; thus the total giving to missions is advanced
through giving through the Advance Special.
Now, in addition, there is a more prosaic reason for support of
Advance Specials. This is simply the fact that without this two-
pronged approach to missions the local administrative aspects of the
local ministry simply cannot be supported, cannot be financially sup-
ported. We as leaders of the local church recognize that there is a
need to share and that this need must be balanced against the local
administrative needs. One without the other ^vill falter.
The opportunities for selection of an Advance Special are limitless,
whether you choose missionary personnel, evangelism, community
development, emergency needs over the world, education through
schools and colleges, or any other of the opportunities for Christian
witness. Through participation in an Advance Special every member
of your congregation can answer in the affirmative the question of
our Lord when he said ". . . did you offer me shelter; when I was
naked did you clothe me, when I was hungry did you feed me?"
Thank you.
Bishop Ward stated that it had been the intention of the
Advance Committee to ask Stephen Brimigion, treasurer of
the Board of Missions, to make a statement about the mean-
ing of the Advance to the Board of Missions and UMCOR,
but that this statement was being omitted in the interest of
conserving time. He called attention to "A Living Litany of
Thanksgiving," which had been prepared for liturgical use
(see page 1696). He also noted the list of participants who
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had been scheduled to participate, expressing gratitude for
their presence.
Planning for Ministries — 1973 and Beyond
Bishop W. Ralph Ward, by way of introduction to this
portion of the Program Council's report, referred the Con-
ference to several printed materials which had been mailed
to delegates or placed on their desks : Listening to the
Church, by Virgil Sexton; Planning for Ministries — 1973
and Beijond; a Resource Booklet (for illustrative purposes
only) ; and a Summary Book, Planning for Ministries — 1973
and Beyond. Bishop Ward summarized the background and
the process, as contained in the printed report, which had
resulted in this recommendation for a program planning
process to be used at all levels of the church in the new
quadrennium. He then introduced Virgil W. Sexton, assistant
general secretary of the Section on Planning of the Program
Council.
Mr. Sexton summarized the method by which participa-
tion of local church and annual conference personnel in the
planning process was solicited and obtained. He noted some
of the results arising from the analysis of the data collected ;
he noted that much of the material had been summarized
in the book. Listening to the Church — A Realistic Profile
of Grassroots Opinion.
Mr. Sexton: Now what did we learn? Well, we learned a lot. For
one thing, we had to change some misconceptions that we had had.
We had expected to find apathy, instead we found not apathy but a
seeming feeling of hopelessness about how to influence Church
leadership to listen to what they felt needed to be done. We had
expected to find sectionalism; instead we found that all jurisdictions
were agreed on what the priorities ought to be. Differences of opinion
did appear of how we should go about doing something about the
priorities, but even that was not regionally; that was general through-
out the church.
We had expected to find a wave of Congregationalism sweeping
the denomination, demands to leave the local church alone, if you
please. Instead, we found connectionalism strongly reaffirmed by
United Methodists. They forcefully noted, however, that connec-
tionalism must be two-way. There must be provision for input up
from the local church, as well as output down from leadership. By
comparing response by age, sex, size of church and etc. we found
great agreement on the priorities by all, except for one age group
and one size of church.
The response from the age group 45 to 54 departed from the normal
response on every question except one. They agreed that more lay
participation in decision-making was at the highest priority among
the needs of the church. The size of the church whose responses
departed most sharply from those of others was not the small church,
as some would have supposed, but rather seemed to be the church
with 500 to 1000 members. That size of church seemed to be over-
preoccupied with getting more members to get more money to pay
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more debts. Perhaps they have over-extended their budget with build-
ing. But beyond these general observations there was high agreement
from participants on the priorities with which The United Methodist
Church must be in mission in three areas:
1. Trends of the time.
2. Sharp issues of the day.
3. Needs of the church, both that which needs to be strengthened
and that which may need eliminating.
General trends of the time which received the highest expression
of concern were: the continuing cries of persons to be allowed and to
be enabled to be fully human; the gaps between cultures and sub-
cultures in society; the increase in secularity; rapidly increasing
rates of change; and the trend for groups to organize intentionally
to bring change. Sharp issues of the day to which United Methodists
give high priority are minority group demands and the church's
response to them, world peace and the morality of war, living in the
time of possible total extinction of the human race, the cheapness
with which human life is held today and family life sex patterns
and life-styles.
Now, minor change in the expression on issues is noted as data
continues to come in to the Program Council. For the past eleven
months the intensity of expression on world peace and the morality
of war and the whole spectrum of violence in our society has exceeded
concern about minority group demand. Now this change is noted as
minor because these issues remain the two highest concerns.
The more churchly priorities, needs of the denomination we would
call them, which are the deepest concerns of our people are: the
need of more lay involvement at all levels of decision making, the
need for deeper commitment to God and resulting commitment to
service, the crisis in the professional ministry, clarifying communica-
tions channels in the denomination, and the need for more opportunity
to designate funds as a part of responsible involvement. These trends,
issues, and church needs of highest expressed concern received serious
consideration in the projection of priorities for the next quadrennium.
Before discussing the priorities which had emerged from
the data, Mr. Sexton noted two other matters. He said that
there was widely expressed concern that the possibility of
a sabbatical year for continuing education by professional
clergy be made a workable practicality. Secondly, he noted a
major change in the responses of youth and young adults
during the last eleven months, from a majority talking
about social action to a majority talking about commitment
to Jesus Christ.
Mr. Sexton asked that the General Conference give con-
tinuing endorsement to the process and that The United
Methodist Church be asked to engage in process planning at
all levels in a style which each unit finds most workable in
its own situation. He then summarized the three basic priori-
ties and the four ministry priorities; he noted that each
was developed more fully in the printed report.
In concluding his presentation Mr. Sexton reviewed the
section of the Suynmary Book headed, "Where Is the
Focus?" citing the Bishops' Call for Peace and the Self-
Development of Peoples as representing the style of ap-
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proach which was being recommended in Planning for Min-
istries. He then introduced three persons for presentation
of other possible points of focus in the planning process
being recommended: Joseph H. Yeakel, general secretary
of the Board of Evangelism; Bruce P. Blake, program
director of the Kansas West Conference ; and Fred Gruner,
a member of Mequon United Methodist Church in the
Wisconsin Conference.
Joseph Yeakel: As process planning has come into the life of the
Program Council of the church, then the question is, "How does an
agency of the church or general board relate to it?"
About the same time that we were beginning to isolate for our
concern the priorities of Commitment, Renewal, Nurture, etc., our
Concern for Persons, on the horizon was what has now become to be
known as Key '73. No doubt the broadest ecumenical venture of any
program or form on the North American continent. Key '73 is an
attempt to face very honestly the challenge which evangelism has
in the life of the church in this day. I do not intend to report on the
programmatic design that is in our report (and also we hope to have
some time on the agenda next week to share with you some of these
concerns), but we do believe it fits into the life-style of a general
agency in relationship to process planning.
Following the General Conference in 1970, since Key '73 was
already in its formative stages, a number of persons raised with us
the question, "Why did you not petition the General Conference that
Key '73 become a formal program of The United Methodist Church?"
It is exactly because we believe that this style of offering to the
church opportunities for its own programming is exactly the way a
general agency should respond.
The Discipline mandates us to participate in these areas of our
responsibilities, but it does not tell us the style of participation.
Therefore, we have chosen to represent you in the committees that
have been setting the plans and providing the resources, some of them
motivation. We have tried to represent you well and honestly, but
we did not wish to concretize that effort by making it a program
adopted by the General Conference.
Secondly, we have had the privilege of bringing together a national
advisory council. We have also met with the Continuing Coordinating
Committee so that the other agencies of the chui'ch would be informed
as to the progress of Key '73, and beyond that we have had many
bi-lateral and multi-lateral meetings with agencies to orient them
and to share together the resources that would be helpful for the entire
church. This is the attempt of an agency to affirm the process
planning style.
We affirm in the local church that the pastor has, indeed, a ministry
of enablement. Therefore, the general agencies of the church ought
to be engaged in a ministry which evokes in him and his congregation,
or evokes in her and her congregation, a response to the opportunities
that are available. Key '73 is such an opportunity.
My counterpart in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, as he
was thinking about the church's participation in Key '73 the other
day, said he was stopped at a race track where some mechanics were
tuning-up a very expensive racing car, but he had no real idea what
it cost, but after the mechanics had finished their work he said they
rolled it out on the track to give it a test run and to his surprise this
multi-thousand car was set into motion by an old junker. There is a
very real parallel here in that we have all of the mechanism necessary
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in the local churches in the denomination, indeed, on this continent,
to be about the evangelism ministry. Perhaps Key '73 can be that
"junker" that gets it moving. We do affirm the life-style of process
planning, and we find it quite compatible w^ith agency responsibility.
Bruce P. Blake (Kansas West) : During the last three years the
Kansas West Conference has been involved in process planning. We
share our experience with you of how it is working for us. To do
this, I simply want to raise three issues related to process planning,
some discoveries we've made about process planning related to these
issues, and, quite frankly, some "deaths" that we have experienced.
The first issue is planning. We have discovered through process
planning that the basic planning unit of The United Methodist
Church must be the local church, for that which is local is felt,
whether it be pain and hurt or ministry to alleviate that pain and
that hurt. We are convinced that until we become effective locally,
we will not become effective in ministry to persons. This simply
means that plans, if they are to be carried out locally, must be made
locally. Therefore, the Annual Conference found that we must help
local churches plan instead of planning for them. This implies a
death — the death of a parental attitude of the Annual Conference
towards the local church — the idea that we really know best. That
death has been painful, for when the Annual Conference has found
meaning in being a parent, it is tough to be childless.
The second issue is participation, for we have discovered that
persons will participate, both lay and clergy. In our Annual Con-
ference we have found broad participation in writing the purpose
and the objectives of the Annual Conference. The local church did
this in about ninety listening events in local churches. And we have
found that this participation is a humanizing experience, allowing
local churches and persons at the local level to be involved in the
decisions that affect them. But this implies a death — the death of
dialogue and discussion within the bureaucracy — the bureaucracy
talking to itself. This dies as grass roots participation increases.
The third issue is a theological one, for we have discovered a new
sense of hope resulting from a future orientation of our faith that
I think is a meaning of the kingdom of God for our day, the sense
that the decisions that we are making today have an impact on the
future and are indeed forming the future. Through process planning
we have discovered a new sense of hope for new ways for new days.
But, along with this hope, there is another death — the death of those
seven last words of the church — "It has never been done this
way before."
Finally, in summary, I would just mention that this process implies
failure. Our experience sometimes has been like that young flanker
back in high school who on the last play of the ball game as the clock
ran out, caught a pass on the forty yard line and streaked toward
the opponent's goal line. He was at least ten yards, I'm sure, ahead
of any other opponent when his own knee came up and hit the ball
out of his hand. He fumbled, the opponent fell on the ball, and sure
victory was turned into defeat by that fumble. The game was over.
The crowd, the home crowd, stood in hushed silence as the coach
rushed out to that boy on the field. The crowd expected him to
chastise that player, but, instead, he threw his arms around that boy
and said, "That's all right, son, you were headed in the right direction."
Possibly this is a new criterion for our ministry as we commit
ourselves to process planning — not the criterion of success, but the
criterion of being headed in the right direction, the right direction
of local church planning, broad participation and decision making,
and a sense of hope about the future of the church.
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Fred Gruner: Bishop Mueller, members of the conference. Our jour-
ney began fifteen months ago when the Milwaukee District of the
Wisconsin Conference chose Mequon United Methodist Church as
an experiment for developing suburban local church renewal. The
interboard MUST-II team was to work with us as a resource group
along with the Milwaukee Metropolitan Minister, who was adept at
group process planning. At that time we were typical of many
suburban churches of five hundred members, financially solvent with
good physical facilities, but with a leadership and participation limited
to a handful.
Our planning then consisted of dealing with the routine everyday
needs, but with no long range goals, particularly in the key area of
spirit life and humanism. As a key renewal strategy it was decided
that we would experiment with the congregation participating in a
workshop on a three year plan. Our minister, our Council on Ministries
and outside research personnel would act only to enable the planning.
We named our experiment Genesis 70's, anticipating a new birth.
We chose four key areas: worship, study. Christian care and mission.
In each the congregation was to determine the need, set the goal,
decide on the strategy, assign priorities with target dates. The
planning was done in what we chose to call a Saturday Council — a
typical Council involved approximately eighty members of our congre-
gation. They consisted of providing study input and worshipping in
the initial chosen areas of worship, study and Christian care. Laymen
from our congregation were trained to lead the workshop, which was
structured for all to participate and with all decisions made on a
consensus basis. Three all-day councils held on consecutive months
completed the initial phase of our long range planning.
I could spend considerable time in describing our goals and their
implementations resulting in ten neighborhood groups, meeting regu-
larly, involving 20% of our congregation, dealing with person-to-per-
son care, our youth program and the worship course which we created,
which recaptures the traditional meaning of Christian worship. In
addition to our church this worship course has been taught in three
neighboring churches, and out of the course have come thirty lay
liturgists who assist the minister in the Sunday morning worship
service as well as provide written worship materials related to the
various liturgical seasons. And now for the very first time we as a
congregation can sit down and begin to discuss our role in missions,
even in controversial areas.
However, I would like to spend a few moments that I have with
you on how individuals have been impacted. As an example, a group
of approximately forty people involved in the process planning com-
mitted themselves to establish and enable the goal of ten geographical
caring groups.
They participate in a monthly gathering which is called a "house
church," starting with a communion meal, a service with the actual
breaking of bread for each other. In the monthly gathering we see
a spirit that we have not seen present before — like a family preparing
a Mexican meal and decor so that we can get a global vision as a
group, or a million-doUar-a-year life insurance salesman advising us
on how to make a telephone call so we can increase the congregation
participation, an advertising artist designing a symbolic grid of the
groups, the corporate body, as a whole, picking up and being con-
cerned for the cares of individuals. It has become evident that as
people are involved in the planning process and assume responsibility
for their goals, they are transformed. Before, they were apathetic;
now they are interested. Before, no sense of mission; now, a goal.
Before, passive; now, active. Before, being led; now they become
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leaders. Before, no sense of community; now, a sense of Christian
community.
After fifteen months on our journey, we believe that what we
finally accomplish will not be measured in how well we implement our
tactics or strategy, or even if we accomplish our initial goals. It will
be measured in the fact that we are now free, free to decide and act,
held together despite our differences by a developing sense of
Christian community in the word of Jesus Christ. It will be measured
in the fact that through a deepening of individual commitment an
involvement of vision is taking shape in the redemptive power of the
local church and its mission on behalf of all. Perhaps, perhaps renewal
of the local church is accomplished when that vision is glimpsed.
Process planning in the local church can help. Thank you. Grace and
Peace.
Virgil W. Sexton stated that other local churches, annual
conferences and general agencies could have been chosen
as examples of process planning. He called the Conference's
attention to the Resource Booklet which had been placed on
delegates' desks, noting that it represented only a small
sample of the catalogue of resources which would be de-
veloped if the Conference adopted the report.
Resolution Introduced
Mr. Sexton introduced Mrs. Lamar Wilson, a member
of the Division of Coordination, Research, and Planning,
who introduced a resolution regarding adoption and imple-
mentation of Planning for Ministries — 1973 and Beyond
as contained in the report. Bruce P. Blake (Kansas West)
moved to suspend the rules in order that the resolution
could be adopted. The motion was put to the vote and
received the required two-thirds majority. John B. Warman
(Western Pennsylvania) moved the adoption of the resolu-
tion.
C. LeGrafide Moody, Jr. (South Carolina-1785) moved
an amendment to the report. He referred to the chart con-
tained in the report and entitled, "Interrelationship of the
Priorities," and to the basic priority "Commitment, Renewal,
and Nurture" within that chart.
Mr. Moody: I move that it be changed from "Commitment to God
and commitment to service with all humanity," to the following,
"Commitment to God through commitment to Jesus Christ whom the
Father sent to make his true nature known to us, and commitment
to service with all humanity." If I get a second, I would like to
speak to it.
Bishop Mueller: Is it seconded? It is seconded.
Mr. Moody: In this report, where the priorities are listed, we have
the concern for persons, and I'm sure those who prepared this intend
this to be the whole person, including the soul. In this same document,
the call is to commitment to the teachings of Jesus Christ and in the
next paragraph a call to the Christian ideal, but nowhere do I see
where there is call to the person of Jesus Christ.
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It seems to me that this needs to be in the basic priority, that we
make our commitment to God through Jesus Christ whom the Father
has sent to make his true nature known to us, and then commitment
to service with all humanity. Now this is not a "Jesus only" proposi-
tion; to do so would be to negate Jesus himself. It just seems to me
that a little additional space could be given to include this as a
top priority of our Church.
Bishop Ward accepted the amendment on behalf of the
Program Council,
Leroy C. Hodapp (South Indiana) asked a question about
the intended distribution of the resource booklet. Mr. Sexton
responded that the plan was to distribute the resource
booklet to district superintendents and annual conference
program staff persons who could then assist local churches
in their planning process.
Everett Jones (Baltimore) : If in adopting the Playining for Minis-
tries and the priorities, we will then adopt the nomenclature, is this
correct? That is, Concern for Justice and Human Development is my
basic question. Does this mean that we have two parallels: a Call
for Peace and Self-Development of Peoples and a priority that's
called Concern for Justice and Human Development? Bishop, I'd
like a clarification. Could these be both called a "Call for Peace and
Self-Development of Peoples?"
Mr. Sexton accepted the suggestion. The motion to approve
the report was put to a vote, and the motion was adopted.
Theological Study Commission on Doctrine and Doctrinal
Standards (see page 1988)
Albert C. Outler (North Texas), chairman of the study
commission, was recognized for the presentation of the
report to the Conference for final action.
Dr. Outler: Mr. Chairman, members of the Conference, under the
rules on page 226 of the Handbook and your vote on Tuesday morn-
ing, we come now to the formal consideration of the report of your
Commission on Doctrine and Doctrinal Standards. You have the report
in your possession.
You have heard our presentation and you have had at least some
time to consider it in the relentless pressures and processes of this
Conference. We ask you now to act, as we know you will, in the full
awareness of the profound seriousness of the issue at hand, and, yet,
the challenging issues that are involved . . . the challenging possi-
bilities that are involved in it. To get this matter properly before
us, we offer a motion in three parts as follows.
First, that the report of the Theological Study Commission on
Doctrine and Doctrinal Standards as perfected become Part II of the
new Book of Discipline. Number two, that it be referred to the annual
conferences for special consideration, looking toward its study and
use throughout the churches. Three, that the final ballot on this matter
be a written, recorded one.
Dr. Outler introduced Robert W. Thornburg (Central
Illinois), secretary of the study commission.
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Mr. Thornhurg: Bishop Mueller, fellow delegates and friends, the
report of the study commission started out to sound like mutual
admiration societies where everybody loved everyone else, and all
went with perfect peace and harmony. I should report to you that
such was not the case in the beginning of the Theological Study
Commission. Its very diversity of membership and the able, exciting
and very exhilarating chairmanship of Dr. Outler made sure that
nothing ever went absolutely straight and clean. We are happy to
report that what we have before you is the unanimous vote of the
study commission. In recommending the document become Part II of
the Discipline we hope to accomplish three things.
First, that our heritage, in doctrine, be set into the most valuable
perspective. Second, that we provide a method for United Methodist
Christians to do theology. Third, that we establish standards and
norms by which we may judge these efforts and our disputes in them.
By this process we believe that we may come to an understanding of
our heritage in the midst of these times, we may identify who we
are and who we might be to fellow Christians, and most important
that as pastors and teachers we may aid people, in the words of the
document, who seek the understanding of their faith, authentic wor-
ship and celebration, effective evangelical persuasion open to God's
concern for the world's agonies and turmoils, infusion of that faith
in life and work, and courageous ministries in support of justice
and love.
With that statement, Bishop, we are ready to entertain discussion
and questions and for the vote on the document.
Questions on Study Commission Report
Dean A. Lanning (Northern New Jersey) : I would like to ask if the
committee would accept a reference to the Resolution of Intent that
was approved by the General Conference in 1970? Now this Resolution
of Intent made reference— specific reference to the Articles of Religion
relating to our understanding of Roman Catholicism at that time.
But the Resolution of Intent is also a part of our history now and
some such reference ought to be made.
Mr. Thornburg: Thank you very much, Mr. Lanning. The discussion
on this particular issue was very long and very detailed in our com-
mission. It was our understanding that this sort of footnote, referring
to where we are at this time and place, should be a part of the
Book of Resolutions attached to our ecumenical article, and the point
is well taken and we have considered it ought to be included in that
latter portion rather than in this portion of the report.
Mr. Lanning: Could I ask a question then about whether it would be
possible, if this report is accepted and where it is printed outside of
the Discipline for study, if either direct reference could be made or
else that the Resolution of Intent be printed in full in relation to
the article?
Mr. Thornburg: Yes. That is both true, as a footnote in this article
and in all other outside printings it would be a very valuable and
important suggestion, yes, thank you, sir.
Victor C. Vinluan (Northwest Philippines) asked a ques-
tion regarding the study commission's understanding of
the word "landmark," whether a "landmark document" was
to be regarded as no longer binding.
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Mr. Thornhurg: The problem I think turns on the understanding of
the word "landmark." It is not something of the past but a genuine
guide. We feel that these documents are to be understood in exactly
the way that Wesley understood them orginally as part of the larger
heritage. They are to be understood historically but not simply dis-
carded into the past. The questions of the Discipline that you state,
I think, would be very relevant, but rather they slip into the larger
context of both elements of the Restrictive Rule No. 1, the Articles,
the Confession and the General Rules; and the present established
and existing standards of doctrine which have to do with all of those
other parts of our heritage beside the Articles and the Confession.
Bishop Mueller: Thank you very much; anyone have a question?
Yes, sir.
Harold M. Karls (Detroit) : Because of the restrictive rule on the
general rules, I am concerned that the church at large and those
who are looking at this doctrinal statement may gain the impression
that rules are sort of set aside or put into limbo and I am concerned
that this will be given more importance and more attention than the
rules. How do we preserve the rules alongside of the doctrinal state-
ment?
Mr. Thornhurg: This was precisely the question that we raised with
the Judicial Council. The first restrictive rule has two very distinctive
parts. First it says the General Conference shall do nothing to revoke,
alter or change our Articles of Religion or our Confession or it shall
add no new doctrine contrary.
Now the second is quite separate from the first. It shall add no
new doctrine contrary to our present established and existing standards
of doctrine. What we are proposing here is a method of interpretation
which takes our heritage with full seriousness and tries to move out
with an understanding of our heritage into the world in which we
live. It is our feeling that we have not added any doctrines that are
contrary, and obviously we have not altered, revoked or changed the
text. So we are not in violation of the other restrictive rule we
think at all.
Bishop Mueller: Thank you, Dr. Thornhurg. Dr. Harkness.
Georgia Harkness (Southern California-Arizona) : My first question
is whether in the study of this document through the annual confer-
ences it is to be published separately as a brochure or to be widely
distributed? I assume from something said a moment ago that the
answer is affirmative, and I hope it is affirmative.
Mr. Thornhurg: The answer, Miss Harkness, is yes. This is our
strong anticipation, and it is available to be done immediately.
Dr. Harkness: Now, my more important question is whether it is to
be integrated with the Planning for Ministries under the caption of
"A Basic Priority — A Relevant Living Theology." Again, I hope the
answer is in the affirmative, because this is a very valuable document
which could have an immense helpfulness in meeting the problem of
United Methodist people whose .understanding of theology is alto-
gether too vague. I have put the question too clumsily but, in brief,
will it be a part of the Planning for Ministries which has been so
splendidly set before us?
Mr. Thornhurg: Your kind words are very helpful, Miss Harkness.
It is our very great intention and hope that it may be. The two have
not yet been correlated, since both Planning for Ministry and the
Theological Study Report have been done separately. I think it would
be inconceivable that they would not be merged.
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Previous Question
Don W. Hotter (Kansas East) moved the previous ques-
tion on all before the Conference. The motion was adopted.
Dr. Outler reminded the Conference that the study commis-
sion had asked for a recorded ballot on the report. The
Chair stated that the Conference then needed to decide
whether to follow the commission's recommendation on the
type of ballot to be cast.
William B. Grove (Western Pennsylvania) asked for an
explanation of the effect of Judicial Council Memorandum
No. 353 (see page 688) on the issue of whether the report
of the study commission would have to be voted on by the
annual conferences.
Dr. Outler: The memorandum from the Judicial Council removes
the decision of the Judicial Council from the status it had before this
Conference took possession of the document. That, in effect, put the
document before us as the legislative enactment.
We are not asking that it should go to the annual conferences as
a constitutional amendment. We have stipulated in our presentation
that we do not regard it as in violation of the First, Second or Fifth
Restrictive Rules. This is a point to our motion that it be referred
to the annual conferences not as a constitutional amendment for vote;
but rather for consideration as to how it might be used for optimum
study and use throughout the churches.
Mr. Grove: Might the Judicial Council later rule that it is in fact a
constitutional amendment, or must be?
Dr. Outler: The answer to that, sir, is that if this Conference so
directs it may renew the petition to the Judicial Council for declaratory
judgment. If the Conference does not direct, then the question will
have to be raised by some other process, if it is thought necessary.
We do not now think, under the circumstances, that it is necessary.
Method of Voting
Walter W. Muller (Central Illinois) moved that the vote
on the study commission report be by ballot. The motion
carried. J. Wesley Hole (Secretary) gave instructions for
taking the ballot. A question was raised as to whether the
ballots should be signed. The Chair ruled that under Con-
ference Rule No. 11 the ballots must be signed.
John R. Van Sickle (Northern Illinois) moved that the
vote be by secret ballot. The motion was defeated. Woodrow
Seals (Texas) moved that the ballots be preserved in the
historical archives of the church. The motion was defeated.
Judicial Council Decision Request
William B. Grove (Western Pennsylvania) moved that the
Conference ask the Judicial Council for a declaratory deci-
sion as to whether the adoption of the report required a
constitutional amendment. He spoke on behalf of his motion.
The motion carried.
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Study Guide Requested
Calvin R. Myers (East Ohio) moved that the General
Conference request that the document be published with a
leader's study guide for use in the local church. He spoke
on behalf of his motion. Ewart G. Watts (Kansas East)
asked who was to prepare the leader's guide and requested
that it be referred to the Program Curriculum Committee
of the Board of Education for implementation. Mr. Myers
accepted the suggestion as a part of his motion. Robert W.
Thornburg (Central Illinois) moved to table the motion.
He sought to explain his motion to table; George L. Poor
(Pacific Northwest) raised a point of order that a motion
to table was not debatable. The Chair ruled that the point
of order was well taken. The motion to table was put to a
vote, and the Chair ruled that it prevailed. Mr. Thornburg
stated that it was the intent of the study commission to
request the appointment of an Editorial Committee if the
report was adopted, and that the study guide could be pre-
pared by the Editorial Committee.
Earth Week Resolution
John B. Howes (Central Pennsylvania) presented a reso-
lution regarding Earth Week.
Mr. Howes: Whereas, We are meeting here during Earth Week, and
Whereas, We seek constantly to express our concerns as stewards
of the material resources with which our world has been blessed,
Be It Resolved that this General Conference of The United Methodist
Church reaffirm our dedication to the care of God's holy earth, together
with the air that surrounds us and the waters of our streams and
seas that all life, human and nonhuman, be nourished by its riches.
I move the adoption of this report. If I can have a second, I would
like to speak only one-half minute in explanation of my purpose.
Bishop Mueller: It is seconded.
Mr. Howes: Earth Week came into being under rather meager
sponsorship but has come to be a time when people of all parts of
our society are attempting to make a hopeful expression of our
concern. I wanted to say that our basic concern is not new. You may
have noticed that I used the term, "the Holy Earth." Dr. Liberty
Hyde Bailey, the great dean of Cornell University School of Agricul-
ture, and the Chairman of the first great Roosevelt Country Life
Commission, gave utterance to this in his book written 60 years ago,
the book The Holy Earth.
Some of us have been working away at this ever since. Our con-
servation forces have been doing a great service. But it has only been
in the last three years that our whole nation and the world has turned
its attention to our concern about our environment. Therefore, it
seemed to me that we could not let Earth Week come to an end
without our having expressed ourselves, our concern about this matter.
I hope you will adopt the report.
The resolution was adopted.
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Election of Board of Governors,
Wesley Theological Seminary
John L. Knight, president of Wesley Theological Semi-
nary, was recognized to present the names of persons
nominated for election to the seminary Board of Governors.
Dr. Knight: By way of introduction (and I should state that there
are forty-four members of the board) the slate of nominees I now will
read contains twenty-two new names, or exactly one-half of the
Board. Eleven of the Board, or one-fourth of its membership, are
alumni. There are six black members, five women, and three bishops.
In its membership are representatives of ten annual conferences of
The United Methodist Church. All nominees are members in good
standing of The United Methodist Church and twenty are delegates
to this Conference. The names are as follows: clergy members:
David H. Andrews, Edward G. Carroll, R. Jervis Cooke, John H.
Dawson, Merrill W. Drennan, John Bayley Jones, Paul E. McCoy,
Billee S. Mick, Paul E. Myers, William H. Revelle, Jr., Roland P.
Riddick, Carl J. Sanders, Charles A. Sayre, Robert K. Smyth, Roy H.
Stetler, Jr., Forrest C. Stith, Prince A. Taylor, F. Norman Van Brunt,
Fred Wagner, W. Ralph Ward, Raymon E. White, Frank L. Williams.
Lay Members: Herminia H. Aiken, Marie C. Allnutt, W. Carroll
Beatty, Larry A. Carr, W. Lloyd Fisher, Doris M. Handy, John H.
Hessey, Wilma Hollis, Preston T. Holmes, James G. Law, Raymond
M. Lynch, William C. McElwee, Theodore R. McKeldin, W. Gibbs
McKenney, Jr., Karl F. Mech, Bradshaw Mintener, A. W. Moore, Jr.,
Thomas C, Roe, Gilbert S. Scarborough, Jr., Daniel Vaughn, Helen
Wicklein, A. F. Wurzbacher.
We also have a list of honorary members approved by the board of
those who have retired or rotated from the board but all who have
served twelve years with distinction. These honorary members are:
Hurst R. Anderson, Renah F. Camalier, George P. Chandler, George
W. Culberson, Bishop Fred G. Holloway, William A. Keese, Edward G.
Latch, Bishop John Wesley Lord, Bishop Edgar A. Love, Frank L.
Shaffer, Albert P. Shirkey, Bishop James H. Straughn, J, Vincent
Watchorn.
Thurman L. Dodson (Baltimore) moved the election of
those nominated. Richard O. Johnson (California-Nevada)
asked how many of those nominated were seminary students.
Dr. Knight replied that the seminary constitution provided
that the student body president and the chairman of the
faculty caucus attend all full meetings of the Board of
Governors, but that it did not provide for student members
of the Board. Mr. Johnson moved that the motion to elect
be laid on the table until the nominations could be printed
in the Daily Christian Advocate. The motion to lay on the
table was defeated. The nominees were elected.
Recycling of Printed Material
Bevel Jones (North Georgia) made an announcement
regarding the placement of receptacles for printed material
to be recycled.
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Methodists Associated Representing Concerns
of Hispanic Americans
Mrs. Alvirita Little (Pacific Northwest) asked that the
Conference grant the privilege of the floor to Josafat Curti,
chairman of MARCHA, for a brief statement.
Mr. Curti: Understanding is never easy, and history tells only part
of the story. To know how a man feels, we must sit where he sits,
we must see life through his eyes; during our journey, we must talk
with people here and there and ask, "What is it like?" ...
The great brown giant is awakening . . . Actually it is not as
sudden as it looks. Its first manifestations began in the period follow-
ing the Second World War. Hispanic-Americans emerged from that
conflict with a new determination to make their sacrifice count. No
ethnic group had received a larger proportion of decorations, and
few had sustained as large a share of casualties. These veterans
challenged in and out of court the blatant legacy of discrimination
still prevailing in the United States, not so much now with glaring
signs or the brutal words "No Mexicans allowed." It is not the dis-
crimination of hatred, of overt nature that is so dangerous. However,
the discrimination the Hispanic-American feels is the systematic, the
inadvertent, one that is not based on malice, but one that is based
on a system, systematic discrimination.
It has been said that discrimination is based on four reasons:
1. The majority culture makes the policies which affect the minority.
2. The majority culture assumes that the problems are the fault
of the minority.
3. The majority culture assumes that there is no problem until
it affects the majority peoples.
4. The majority culture assumes that their way is a superior and
only way because it is the majority way.
Politically, economically, educationally and even ecclesiastically
these are the reasons that have excluded minorities from the oppor-
tunity and self-determination. Let us just apply these things to the
church. The church is not different than a political system, an educa-
tional system. It is sociologically human, and capable of reflecting the
same feelings of other human institutions that have failed Hispanic-
Americans for the same reasons. There is no need in proving the
church's failure to meet the needs of the Hispanic-American.
Four fairly recent events have combined to transform the invisi-
bility of twelve million Hispanic-Americans in this country into a
growing, concrete and problematic presence. One has been the large
and gallant participation of Hispanic-Americans in this country's
three latest wars: World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. The Hispanic-
American being 5% of the national population, he is representative
of 21<;c of the casualties in Vietnam. If life is precious enough to be
sacrificed in war, it is precious enough to be respected in peace.
The second event was the trauma of Fidel Castro in 1959. Suddenly
Spanish America was rediscovered, not only south, but also north of
the Rio Bravo or Rio Grande. Overnight, Spanish once again became
a prestige language, and being bilingual somehow was no longer
un-American. Then it was realized right away that the credibility of
a new U. S. policy toward Latin America would be tested to a consider-
able degree by the treatment accorded the Spanish-speaking in the
United States.
The third event was the explosion of the civil rights struggle. To be
sure, it has been from the beginning focused almost exclusively on
the black, but its beneficent radiation fall-out contaminated the minds
of many Hispanic-Americans. We, too, in the manner of Don Quixote,
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our distinguished ancestor, began once again to dream similar impossi-
ble dreams.
The fourth event is Delano, California. A rural Mexican-American
charismatic, Cesar Chavez, has emerged as the undisputed leader,
a simple and very human being. Delano has triggered off a phenomenal
movement of solidarity among rural and urban Spanish-speaking
citizens, especially in the Southwest. The growing visibility of all
the Hispanic-American peoples has forced us to realize that "civil
rights" is something far larger than the tragic struggle of black vs.
white. For the first time studies are bringing to light what the
Hispanic-Americans have known and endured all along. More than
ever the Hispanic-American minority refuses to suffer the stigma of
underdevelopment and marginality, and asserts its right to participate
in terms of equality within the mainstream of U. S. society, without
surrendering its ancestral language or its distinctive social values.
Brothers and sisters, we must narrow the gap between what we
profess and what we do. Our community life is largely determined
by those who exercise power. Hispanic-Americans and other minorities
are underrepresented in those circles, while often suffering unduly
from the consequences of decisions taken by the powerful. Without
paternalism, churchmen, and I am referring to you. United Methodist
laymen and laywomen, who are in the power structures could build
bridges so that the voiceless may be heard in the decision-making
process.
In many communities with large concentrations of Hispanic-Ameri-
cans the most influential executives, employers, educators, govern-
mental officers, and authorities in general are in some way related to
the Protestant sector. It is remarkable to discover how many are the
churchgoing kind. One wonders what credibility may accrue to the
efforts of their respective congregations on behalf of Hispanic-
Americans when in your communities preferential treatment for
Anglos continues to be obvious in jobs, promotions, housing, law
enforcement and educational opportunities. It is a sad sign of the
times when in order to motivate the new Israel, as had to be done
with the old Israel, whose ears, dulled by the din of prosperity and
merriment . . .
Let me just finish by saying that a large group of Hispanic-
American visitors have attended this General Conference. And some
of us are ready to leave. Some have left already because of financial
situations. But for the first time in history some Annual Conferences
have elected a few Hispanic-American delegates. Before this Confer-
ence, before 1972, only Puerto Rico and the Rio Grande Conference
sent delegates. We Hispanic-Americans have a tremendous great
expectation from this Conference. We have presented our plight
to the Council of Bishops last week here in Atlanta. For a long time
we have been requesting to the church different things that are needed
for more efficient ministry for Hispanic-American populations. It
is imperative for the general boards and agencies of the church to
have Hispanic-American representation in all levels, especially where
decisions are made.
There is not one Hispanic-American superintendent outside of the
Rio Grande and Puerto Rico Conferences. There are thousands of
United Methodist Hispanic-Americans in the continental United States
and in Puerto Rico, and still there is not any Hispanic-American
bishop. A good number of you have said to us privately that these
requests are honest and right. But, brethren, the time of sympathy
and promises is past. Do something about it.
Many of you will be going to Jurisdictional Conferences. Many of
you are delegates to those Conferences. It will be up to you to elect
the new bishops. Maybe some of you will commit your vote to a
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favorite son in your conference or your jurisdiction. Brothers and
sisters, the Methodist Church cannot afford any more to be run
and guided only by favorite sons. You do have other commitments,
and especially the South Central Jurisdiction. The South Central
Jurisdiction has a tremendous moral responsibility. You can make
history in July of 1972. Millions of Hispanic-Americans in the U. S.
and in Latin America will be looking upon you in July.
There are three of our Hispanic-American members as qualified
as any other of the candidates. And these three, I want to be blunt
to you, they are running. They want to be bishops. They qualify to
be bishops. And two of these Hispanic-Americans are in the South
Central Jurisdiction, and the other candidate is a member of the
Southeastern Jurisdiction.
MARCHA, our group, has gone on record, requesting Hispanic-
American representation in the Council of Bishops. We believe that the
time has come to elect persons who represent our concerns and persons
that will save our cultural background and heritage. We do not believe
in a separated "Spanish-speaking Area" with one Hispanic-American
bishop in charge. We affirm that a bishop is a bishop, to serve all
the people, wherever he may be assigned, like any other bishop. We
believe in pluralism, but we also believe in inclusiveness, and we
believe in coalitions.
This is where I finish. The year for you to decide — in July of 1972 —
this is the year for you to decide about many issues, in April 1972.
I do not have any doubt in my mind that in this great church of ours,
we need each other. In the strict sense of reality and in the last
analysis, YOU need us the most. Thank you very much.
Results of Ballot
The Chair announced the results of the ballot on the
report of the Theological Study Commission on Doctrine and
Doctrinal Standards: Total votes cast, 946; invalid ballots,
4 ; affirmative ballots, 925 ; negative ballots, 17. He declared
the report adopted.
Benediction
Bishop W. Maynard Sparks, Seattle Area, pronounced
the benediction.
SEVENTH DAY, SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1972
MORNING SESSION
Opening — Bishop H. Ellis Finger
Pursuant to adjournment, the General Conference of The
United Methodist Church convened in the morning session
of the seventh day, Saturday, April 22, 1972, at 8:30 a.m.
in the Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia, with Bishop H. Ellis
Finger, Nashville Area, presiding.
Memorial Service
The Conference joined in the singing of the hymn, "For
All the Saints," followed by a period of silent remembrance
for the bishops who had died since the 1968 General Con-
ference :
Raymond L. Archer, July 4, 1970
James C. Baker, September 26, 1969
Newell S. Booth, May 17, 1968
W. Y. Chen, November 7, 1968
Matthew W. Clair, Jr., July 10, 1968
George Edward Epp, May 6, 1970
Juan E. Gattinoni, January 7, 1970
Benjamin I. Gaunsing, June 3, 1968
Walter C. Gum, May 31, 1969
Odd Hagan, January 28, 1970
Wilbur E. Hammaker, August 11, 1968
Costen J. Harrell, November 29, 1971
J. Ralph Magee, December 19, 1970
Everett W. Palmer, January 5, 1971
Glenn R. Phillips, October 6, 1970
Raymond J. Wade, January 23, 1970
Herbert Welch, April 4, 1969
Following a "Litany of Commemoration," there was a read-
ing from Ecclesiasticus 44 and the reading of the New
Testament lesson from Hebrews 11:32 — 12:1. Bishop W.
Kenneth Pope spoke on the subject, "A Cloud of Witnesses"
(see page 746). The hymn, "How Firm a Foundation" was
sung.
Choral selections were presented by the choir of Emory
and Henry College, Emory, Virginia, under the direction of
Charles R. Davis. The liturgist was Zan W. Holmes, Jr.
(North Texas).
Committee on Journal
George R. Akers (Wyoming) reported that the committee
had reviewed the journal of April 21 and found it in good
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order. The report was received. Samuel T. Roberts (Li-
beria) asked that a correction be made in the reporting of
a delegate seating change for the Liberia Conference in the
journal. The Chair asked that the correction be reported to
the chairman of the Credentials Committee.
Committee on Agenda
/. Otis Young, chairman of the committee, referred the
Conference to the agenda as printed in the Daily Christian
Advocate. Edward L. Tullis (Kentucky), vice-chairman of
the committee, moved to amend the agenda as printed to
provide for sessions of the legislative committees at 2:30
p.m. instead of a plenary session. He explained that the
Calendar Committee and the chairpersons of the legislative
committees were in agreement on the need for this change.
The amendment was adopted. Mr. Young moved adoption
of the agenda as amended, and it was approved.
Committee on Credentials
W. T. Handy, Jr. (Louisiana) reported that the commit-
tee had met and examined the changes in delegate seating
as reported by the chairpersons of annual conference dele-
gations, and that those approved for the April 21 session
would appear in proper form in the journal. The report was
received. Mr. Handy reminded delegation chairpersons that
reserve delegates to the jurisdictional conferences could not
be seated officially in the General Conference; he also re-
quested that changes be certified for at least one full plenary
Committee on Presiding Officers
Jack M. Tuell (Pacific Northwest) announced that the
presiding officers for the Monday plenary sessions would
be Bishop W. Kenneth Pope, Dallas-Ft. Worth Area, morn-
ing session; Bishop 0. Eugene Slater, San Antonio Area,
afternoon session; and Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke, New York
Area, evening session.
Committee on Reference
Jerry G. Bray (Virginia), chairman of the committee,
reported that fourteen petitions received by the General
Conference had been received in identical form from about
1,200 petitioners each. Under the rules of the Conference,
all 1,200 names would have to be printed in the Daily Chris-
tian Advocate for each of these fourteen petitions, for a
total of approximately 14,000 names, addresses and church
aflfiliations. He noted that the Daily Christian Advocate for
the day contained the listing for one of these petitions. He
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asked that Robert G. Mayfield (Kentucky) be granted the
floor for a statement.
Mr. Mayfield: We have made inquiries from the General Conference
Secretary's office, and we find that in listing the names and addresses
of the petitioners, on the first group of petitions the cost amounted
to over $1300 to list these names and addresses and took ten pages
in the Daily Christian Advocate. Now in the interest of expediting
the business of the Conference and in the purpose of saving money
of this General Conference we are asking Judge Bray to make a
motion to suspend the rules in regard to the printing of the names
of the petitioners on the remaining thirteen groups of petitions. This
will effect a saving of more than $17,000 for this General Conference,
and so we urge you to listen to this motion.
Bishop Finger: Jerry Bray.
Mr. Bray: If I may make a motion, I move that the rules be
suspended and that the editor of the Daily Christian Advocate be
authorized to omit the printing of the names and addresses of the
signers of the petitions designated B-2500, N-1, D-1, C-1, C-2500,
D-1400, E-1400, D-3200, L-1, D-7001, J-1.
The motion was put to a vote, and the rules were
suspended.
Committee on Courtesies and Privileges
Mrs. Alvirita Little (Pacific Northwest) moved that an
expression of concern be sent to Robin P. Hood (Western
North Carolina), whose mother had died. The motion was
adopted.
Mrs. Little announced that greetings had been received
from Leon T. Moore, former secretary of the General Con-
ference and moved that the General Conference send its
greetings to Mr. Moore. The motion was adopted.
Mrs. Little asked that the privilege of the floor be granted
to Kathleen L. Haining (Minnesota). Mrs. Haining noted
that in debate and discussion on the floor of the Conference,
many delegates were referring to "The Methodist Church."
She asked that, out of courtesy to former Evangelical
United Brethren members, delegates refer instead to "The
United Methodist Church."
The report of the committee was received.
Nominations to The Judicial Council — Bishop Roy H. Short
Bishop Roy H. Short: Mr. Chairman, Members of the Conference.
The Council of Bishops is required by the Discipline to submit to
the General Conference nominations for three times the number of
persons due to be elected to the Judicial Council. The list must
represent all jurisdictions, plus that part of the church overseas
from the United States. The terms of four present members of the
Judicial Council expire this year. The names appear on page 13 of
the Handbook. The Council of Bishops is presenting, therefore, the
names of twelve persons, as follows :
Lay persons:
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Samuel W. Witwer, North Central Jurisdiction
Francis Hughes, North Central Jurisdiction
Warren K. Urbom, South Central Jurisdiction
Floyd Coffman, South Central Jurisdiction
Mrs. Florence Edwards, Northeastern Jurisdiction
Franklin C. Stark, Western Jurisdiction
Ministers :
Murray Leiffer, Western Jurisdiction
Hoover Rupert, North Central Jurisdiction
J. Duncan Hunter, Southeastern Jurisdiction
Arnold Madsen, Overseas
Truman W. Potter, Northeastern Jurisdiction
R. Bruce Weaver, South Central Jurisdiction
The Chair asked if there were nominations from the floor.
George W. Cooke (Western New York) nominated Mrs.
Betty Gundlach (Western New York) .
Nominations Postponed
Curt Danforth (Youth Delegation) moved that nomina-
tions be postponed until the Conference had acted on Peti-
tion No. M-5005 relative to the deletion of the age require-
ment for the Judicial Council. Mr. Danforth spoke on be-
half of his motion. Eivart G. Watts (Kansas East) asked
the Chair to rule on the eligibility of Mr. Danforth to make
a motion inasmuch as he was seated with voice but without
vote. The Chair ruled that Mr. Danforth did not have the
right to make a motion. Melvin G. Talbert (Southern
California-Arizona) offered the motion that Mr. Danforth
had attempted to make. The motion was adopted.
Robert W. Moon (California-Nevada) asked if it would
be possible to suspend the rules and consider the calendar
item at this time. Elias G. Galvan (Southern California-
Arizona), chairman of Legislative Committee No. 12, stated
that the committee had acted on the calendar item, and that
it should be printed in Monday's Daily Christian Advocate.
Mr. Moon moved that the rules be suspended so that the
report of the legislative committee could be heard and con-
sidered at this time. The motion was put to a vote, and the
Chair ruled that it did not receive the required two-thirds
majority.
Thomas L. Cromwell (East Ohio) moved that an order of
the day be set as early as possible on Monday for considera-
tion of the calendar item. He spoke on behalf of the motion,
and it was adopted.
Committee on Reference
The Chair noted that he had failed to put the approval of
the Committee on Reference's report to a vote. The report
was voted and approved.
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Commission on the Structure of Methodism Outside the
United States (see page 1934)
Bishop Prince A. Taylor (New Jersey Area), chairman
of the commission, called attention to the commission's
printed report in the Daily Christian Advocate; he noted
also that the commission's assignment had been reviewed
in the Quadrennial Reports. Bishop Taylor explained that
section II, A was simply a renewal of privileges granted
to various Central Conferences by previous General Con-
ferences, and that COSMOS unanimously recommended
their renewal. Victor C. Vinluan (Northwest Philippines)
attempted to move an amendment to section II, B, 1 of the
report ; the Chair ruled him out of order, inasmuch as that
section of the report had not yet come before the Conference
for action. Section II, A of the report was put to a vote and
approved.
Bishop Taylor presented the commission's recommenda-
tion (Section II, B, 1) that Costa Rica, Panama Provisional,
Philippines Central, Sierra Leone, and Taiwan Conferences
be granted permission to become autonomous. He empha-
sized that approval of the recommendation would not make
autonomy mandatory but would only authorize the Con-
ferences to become autonomous. He stated that if the dele-
gates from the Philippines wished the recommendation re-
garding the Philippines Central Conference withdrawn,
COSMOS would withdraw it.
Victor C. Vinluan (Northwest Philippines) asked to
speak in behalf of the motion he had attempted to offer
earlier; the Chair stated that the motion would now be in
order and that it should be introduced again at this time.
Bishop Taylor stated that COSMOS was willing to with-
draw the recommendation as it related to the Philippines
Central Conference. Mr. Vinluan stated that several of the
delegates from the Philippines wished to have a hearing
with COSMOS before the recommendation was considered.
The Chair stated that Bishop Taylor, on behalf of COSMOS,
had withdrawn the recommendation as it related to the
Philippines Central Conference, and that the report as it
was now before the Conference made no reference to auton-
omy for the Philippines.
Ignacio P. Bautista (Philippines) : May I here, sir, make these
remarks in connection with the desire of COSMOS to withdraw the
recommendation permitting the Philippines Central Conference to
look toward the perfection of autonomy for the Philippines Central
Conference.
May I say this, Mr. Chairman, that the several Annual Conferences
in the Philippines, consisting of six, have voted individually on the
question of autonomy. Three of the Annual Conferences — the Philip-
pines Annual Conference to which I belong, the Southwest Philippines
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Annual Conference and the Middle Philippines Annual Conference
— the three biggest Annual Conferences in the Philippines Central
Conference, voted unanimously for autonomy. Two other Annual
Conferences, the Mindanao Annual Conference and the Northern
Philippines Annual Conference voted against autonomy but with a
difference of two or three votes. The Northwest Philippines Annual
Conference, where Brother Vinluan belongs, voted for what they call
Modified Central Conference.
I believe, Mr. Chairman, and members of the Conference, that we
pick out individual votes of the several Annual Conferences. The
Philippines Central Conference voted overwhelmingly in favor of
autonomy.
George L. Poor (Pacific Northwest) raised a point of
order that the motion Mr. Vinluan had attempted to intro-
duce was a motion of reference and did not call for the with-
drawal of any section of the report. The Chair ruled that
the recommendation regarding autonomy for the Philip-
pines had been withdrawn by Bishop Taylor, acting on
behalf of COSMOS. Richard O. Truitt (Wisconsin) raised
a point of order that when Mr. Vinluan was recognized the
second time his motion was in order and was properly
before the Conference. The Chair ruled that it was not, in-
asmuch as the chairman of COSMOS had withdrawn this
portion of the report.
Abdon Mendigorin (Philippines) asked for clarification
as to whether the chairman of COSMOS was authorized to
withdraw the recommendation related to the Philippines.
The Chair stated that it was his understanding that the
recommendation was being withdrawn at this time, but that
a recommendation relating to the Philippines would be pre-
sented to the Conference at a later time. Mr. Mendigorin
contended that Mr. Vinluan had not presented a valid mo-
tion related to the question, and that it was therefore in-
cumbent upon the Conference to vote on the recommenda-
tion as originally presented by COSMOS. The Chair ruled
that he was out of order and that the recommendation re-
lating to the Philippines was not before the Conference.
Robert F. Lundij (Holston) moved adoption of the recom-
mendation of COSMOS as contained in their report. Section
II, B, 1, as it related to the Costa Rica, Panama Provision-
al, Sierra Leone, and Taiwan Conferences. The motion was
adopted. The Chair expressed the hope that there would be
conversations between COSMOS and the delegates from the
Philippines so that an appropriate recommendation could
be considered by the Conference at a later time.
Bishop Taylor presented the commission recommenda-
tion as contained in Section II, B, 2 of the report. The
recommendation was approved.
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Legislative Recommendations — Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke
Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke, New York Area, presented legis-
lative recommendations as printed in the COSMOS report,
section II, B, 3-15, explaining the purpose of the recom-
mendations.
Bishop Wicke: We are requesting that COSMOS, as we have
known it, shall be wound up. Its earlier duties shall be cared for by
a new structure, and that structure is carefully spelled out. It is a
structure which involves equal representation from each of the Ju-
risdictions and each of the Central Conferences. This body will meet
at the seat and time of the General Conference.
The interim body, with authority rather limited, will be found in a
Committee of the Council of Bishops. The arrangements for the ar-
rival at agreements between Autonomous Churches, United Churches
and the like, these are then spelled out with considerable care. This
would include the type of concorded relationship which we are now
enjoying with our British friends and brethren.
The position of the Board of Missions, then, is spelled out again
with a degree of clarity. I believe this provides the main items of
these agreements. Many of them have been before you at an earlier
date, you find them here restated in this renewed or new structure.
Abdon Mendigorin (Philippines) : I am referring to paragraph 9 of
the report, subparagraph C, which reads as follows: "Such a church
having more than 70,000 full members shall be entitled to two addi-
tional delegates, at least one of whom shall be a woman with the
same rights and privileges." And then the other one also provides the
same provision in paragraph 13. I would like to have a point of
clarification regarding this, because I believe that this will be giving
a new advantage in favor of women delegates from overseas.
Bishop Finger: Bishop Wicke?
Bishop Wicke: Mr. Chairman, this is precisely the legislation that
obtained before, that is at the earlier date and with the general
COSMOS arrangement.
Mr. Mendigorin: Mr. Chairman, can we not introduce an amend-
ment to this in order to delete these provisions?
Bishop Finger: Yes, do you wish to amend by deleting . . .?
Mr. Mendigorin: If the Chair wants to send a motion to this
effect, I so move that we delete the provision regarding ". . . at
least one of whom shall be a woman . . ." from the provisions just
read.
Mr. Mendigorin spoke on behalf of his motion. The mo-
tion was defeated.
Bishop Wicke drew attention to the recommendation con-
tained in section II, B, 3 of the report, which provided that
the Conference of Bishops be discontinued.
John R. Van Sickle (Northern Illinois) moved that the
report of COSMOS be adopted.
Carroll Long (Holston) : The conference wishes your opinion on
item 7, in the first paragraph of 234. Was it considered inappropriate
or was it an oversight that that paragraph relating to the Judicial
Court did not make provision that members of the Judicial Court
should not hold other office in the Central Conference?
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Bishop Wicke: No, this is identical legislation to what we've had
during prior years. There is an exception from the mandate to the
possibility, from "may" to "shall" in the mandating of the Court.
Mr. Long: A further question — as I understand it, a person on the
Judicial Court of the Central Conference could hold other office,
thereby could possibly be prejudiced.
Bishop Wicke: To my knowledge, sir, that has never been brought
in question, I take it was taken for granted.
Mr. Long: It is true, is it not, that in the Central Conference of the
Methodist Church in Southern Asia, this does pertain considerable
question in the minds of the people in this particular Central Con-
ference as to whether or not the members of the Judicial Court
could act without prejudice.
Bishop Wicke: It would be my understanding, sir, that this would
fall within their power, in the writing of their own Discipline.
Mr. Long: Thank you, sir.
Victor C. Vinluan (Northwest Philippines) sought to
introduce a motion to amend the recommendation contained
in section II, B, 7 of the report, to provide that decisions of
the Judicial Court in the Central Conferences be final. The
Chair ruled that the motion was out of order, inasmuch as
under the Constitution appeals to the Judicial Council must
be permitted.
Theophil H. Gsell (Switzerland-M) asked whether the
recommendation to discontinue the Conference of Bishops
meant that overseas bishops would become more and more
isolated. Bishop Wicke replied that they would not.
Gilbert H. Caldivell, Jr. (Southern New England) asked
as a matter of privilege that Mr. Vinluan be permitted to
make a statement regarding the amendment he had at-
tempted to introduce.
Mr. Vinluan: What I am trying to say, Mr. Chairman, is that we
are now living in the age of the giving of more autonomy or self-
determination to peoples of the world. And that is what I am trying
to drive home, brethren, that all decisions that will be made by our
Judicial Court be final without appealing to the Judicial Council
— without right of appeal to the Judicial Council, to give more
autonomy to Central Conferences. That's what I am appealing for
the body.
We exist under different situations, different atmospheres from
what is existing here in America, and so why don't you give us
final say, final decisions in matters of law without appealing, by
giving us the right to appeal to the Judicial Council here in America?
Bishop Finger: Bishop Taylor.
Bishop Taylor: Now, Mr. Chairman, the provision for an affiliated
autonomous church or an affiliated United Methodist Church is made
just for that purpose. The autonomous . . . the Central Conferences
now have all of the autonomy in this regard they can possibly have
and still be an organic part of The United Methodist Church. This
can be obtained by becoming an Affiliated Autonomous Church or an
Affiliated United Church.
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George E. Naff (Holston) asked a question regarding
the recommended legislation in section II, B, 14 (d) and
(e) of the report. Bishop Taylor responded on behalf of
COSMOS.
The motion to adopt the report was put to a vote and
approved.
COSMOS Report No. 2 (see page 1941)
Bishop Wicke asked if the Conference v^ould be willing
to suspend the rules to permit action on COSMOS Report
No. 2, which had not been printed and before the Conference
for the required period of time. There was a motion to
suspend the rules, and it was approved. Report No. 2 was
adopted.
Bishop Taylor introduced J. Robert Martin, staff secre-
tary of COSMOS, to the Conference.
Time Extended
The Chair stated that the time for a recess had arrived
and asked whether the Conference would extend the time
to hear a statement from Bishop Muzorewa. The time was
extended.
Bishop Abel T. Muzorewa
Bishop Muzorewa was introduced by Tracey K. Jones,
Jr., general secretary of the Board of Missions.
Mr. Jones: Mr. Chairman, prior to the convening of this General
Conference, the Council of Bishops and the Board of Missions, through
separate channels, recommended to the Program Committee that Bish-
op Muzorewa have a chance to speak to this General Conference on
what he is doing in Rhodesia today and the issues that that country
is facing.
When he was elected Bishop in 1968 he never dreamed that within
three years his voice would be one of the most important voices on
the continent of Africa. In December of last year, the African
National Council, a coalition of groups that wanted to provide a
platform for black Rhodesian African opinions to be presented to
the British government in their negotiations with the Ian Smith
government, they asked Bishop Muzorewa if he would be the presi-
dent. He is a man of strong evangelical faith. He spent three weeks
in prayer and reflection on whether or not he should accept. He was
fully aware of the precarious nature of the issues that had to be
faced and the personal risk that would be involved. He made the
decision late in December that he would assume this leadership.
In February he flew to London and on behalf of black Rhodesians
spoke to the House of Commons. A few days later he was in New
York, and the Security Council (y£ the United Nations was called
into special session to hear him, and they heard him for two hours.
He is in direct communication with the prime ministers of all the
nations of the British Commonwealth, trying to interpret to them
the attitude of black Rhodesians. Bishop Muzorewa was . . . both
his undergraduate and graduate training was in the United States.
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He and Mrs. Muzorewa have five children. The oldest is 19, the
youngest is 4 years of age. And he returns to Rhodesia following
this General Conference to continue the leadership of black Rho-
desians — five million people — in terms of the issues of dealing with
the British government and the Ian Smith government. And the
future and destiny, in a sense, of both black and whites in Rhodesia
today, to no small degree, rests with the leadership of Bishop
Muzorewa. So it is a real privilege to present him to you as he
speaks on the issues in Rhodesia and what it means to be a Christian
Bishop involved in these issues at this time. Bishop Muzorewa.
Bishop Abel T. Muzorewa: Bishop Finger and the General Con-
ference. First of all, I want to apologize for the confusion which I
caused my brothers today, but I want to assure you that I was not
fast asleep ; I was chatting with the typists at the back.
I read in one of the newspapers recently where I found myself
having been referred to as an African Nationalist, and I was quite
touched by that and I wondered what had happened to me. I started
asking why an African Nationalist? What have I done this time?
Who is and what is an African Nationalist? And I found out that
the definition of an African Nationalist is a human being, a child
of God, who needs liberation.
Africa is a wonderful land. Rhodesia is a beautiful country. At
least the tourists tell us so. Whenever I hear this, I am reminded of
the beautiful gate of the temple, described in the Book of Acts,
through which many people passed without seeing the cripple lying
nearby. These travelers fail to see a crippled nation of 5% million
Africans who live in misery in the land of their birth. Only a few,
like Peter and John, see the suffering through Christian eyes and
see the need for liberation in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
Rhodesia was enslaved as soon as she was colonized, and her
oppression was accelerated by the Unilateral Declaration of Inde-
pendence from Great Britain in 1965. Since that time black Rhode-
sians have been victims of violence, both bloody and bloodless.
The Rhodesian government proclaims to the world that it is "pre-
serving civilized standards." It compares its declaration of indepen-
dence in 1965 to that of the American Colonies in 1776. But we all
know that the difference is that America was seeking for freedom,
but over there the intention was to enslave the Africans. What are
the "civilized standards" which are being preserved in Rhodesia
today? Here they are:
— The 5% of the population which is white maintains political
control over the 95% of the population which is black.
— Whites elect 50 members of Parliament while Africans elect 8
under a highly restrictive franchise, and the other 8 are elected
by chiefs.
— Every African opposition party formed in the last 14 years has
been banned.
^Hundreds of Africans have been arrested, placed in detention
centers indefinitely under laws that allow for no trial, no statement
of charges, and no appeal.
— Thousands have been imprisoned under a wide range of vague
laws that are interpreted to cover almost any kind of behavior.
For example, Section 24 of the Law and Order Maintenance Act
of 1962 states that any person who "behaves in a manner which
is likely to make some other person apprehensive as to what might
happen . . ." can be imprisoned for up to ten years.
— A person is presumed guilty unless he can prove his innocence
under these laws. But there is never time, usually, to prove one-
self innocent.
— Half the land, 45 million acres, is reserved for the use of a small
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number of white farmers, while Africans are assigned to the other
half, located in dry or mountainous areas.
— During the seven-month dry season when no rain falls, hunger,
malnutrition and disease are widespread.
— In urban areas, blacks must live in overcrowded townships where
often 2 or 3 families must share one room.
— Thousands of unemployed compete for jobs that provide only a
bare subsistence averaging $26 a month while whites average $300
a month.
— The government spends an average of $30 a year for African
education while it is spending $300 for white children, per child
a year.
— Rhodesia's segregation and discrimination legislation form 95%
prescription of apartheid. They do not have to form new laws to
have perfect apartheid. All they need is money to implement it.
But the greatest tragedy of all is the crippling of human dignity
by a system that constantly denies the sacred value of the individual.
I ask you, are these the kinds of "civilized standards" that Christ
calls us to preserve?
The Christian Church in Rhodesia faced this question early this
year. In January the British government began considering the recog-
nition of Rhodesian independence. At this crucial hour, in the absence
of African political parties, the Church became the channel of expres-
sion for the voiceless wounded silent majority. Calling for no inde-
pendence without firm guarantees of freedom and justice for all,
the Christian Council of Rhodesia met and looked at the Anglo-
Rhodesian settlement proposal "with a Christian eye," and we all
agreed that the proposals were not just.
It was then that some clergymen made up their minds to reject
that immorality. The five Roman Catholic Bishops, the United Church
of Christ, and the United Methodist Annual Conference spoke with
conviction, and rejected them. The British Methodist Church did not
either reject them nor accept them. The will of the people became
crystallized in the formation of the new African National Council,
a grass-roots organization which I serve as President. It united
people of all organizations, including the formerly banned parties of
Zapu and Zanu. We are determined to achieve the rule of justice
through non-violence, negotiation, and reason.
But the restraint of the people who look to us for leadership has
its limits. Time is running out. Rhodesia is on a collision course with
disaster. As a Christian, I ask myself, is there any way to avoid the
slaughter of hundreds of Rhodesians, black and white? To whom
can we turn for help?
I appeal to you, the members of this General Conference, from
the developing and industrialized nations, to call upon your govern-
ments for renewed support for United Nations economic sanctions
against Rhodesia as the strongest and last alternative to bloodshed.
We are particularly concerned about the violations of these sanctions
by West Germany, France, Italy and Japan. We know that these
countries are trading with Rhodesia because of the presence there
of large numbers of automobiles and electronic equipment that
originate in these areas. We are especially hurt by the vital moral
and economic support that the United States is giving the Rhodesian
government through its purchase of chrome ore. I wonder if my
American friends are aware of the implication of this in terms of
our grave need of freedom, relationship present and in future.
This is the plea of an oppressed and crippled people in the midst
of a "beautiful Rhodesia." Can you see and hear what we say before
it is too late? Would you please join us in building a Rhodesia
commanded to rise up in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
where freedom and justice can rule?
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The church should be complimented for the freedom which has
come to other parts of Africa. Although some peope give credit to
communism we should be giving to Christ and His church. We know
that 90% of educated people in Africa and its leadership are products
of the church, and we understand that by the end of the century
about two-thirds of the African population south of Sahara will be
Christian. We need you, the world church, to surround us with your
all.
Our own United Methodist Church in Rhodesia is thriving under
those oppressive conditions, in particular, beginning with deportation
of Bishop Dodge and other missionaries from their sacrificial and
effective witness. The church is growing rapidly in membership, in
ministerial training; stewardship and evangelism are strong. Rela-
tionships between missionaries and nationalists is maturing. The
church is very vital — alive !
Are you going to help us to continue to command Rhodesia to rise
up in the name of Christ? I know you will, for in spite of all of the
weaknesses and criticisms that are leveled at us or against us of the
church, we are the best half of Christ on earth today. I love the
church, I love you all ! Thank you very much.
Bishop Muzorewa was accorded a standing ovation by
the Conference. The presentation was concluded with sing-
ing by a group of Rhodesian delegates.
Resolution of Support
Ralph L. Stephens (Northern New Jersey) : In view of the presen-
tation that has been given before this assembly this morning by
Bishop Muzorewa, a stalwart of the Church, I move that this General
Conference convey to the governments of Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) and
Great Britain the full support of The United Methodist Church of
the struggles of the peoples of Rhodesia and the African Nationalist
Council, under the able leadership of Bishop Abel Muzorewa,
Further, that we request that the Senate Foreign Relations Com-
mittee's repeal of the Byrd amendment be fully supported by this
government; that repeal would discontinue the importation of chrome
into this country. And I would like to have Dr. Isaac Bivens, of the
African Office of the World Division to speak to this concern, if I
receive a second.
Isaac Bivens: Bishop, and ladies and gentlemen, the basis for the
Byrd Amendment, which had the effect of removing sanction from
the purchase of chrome, had two basic reasons or rationale. One
rationale was that this country should not purchase strategic military
materials from any country which was in the Communist bloc, in
other words, from a so-called free nation. It is rather ironical that
in this terminology Rhodesia is determined as a free nation.
The other basis of this action was that chrome itself was a strategic
material. The irony of this action was that at a time that the Byrd
Amendment was going through the Senate, there was a concomitant
action on the part of the House to remove chrome from the strategic
list and to grant permission to sell 1.3 million tons of chrome on the
market. The other thing we want to be aware of is the fact that the
United States in the United Nations three times has exerted its
moral leadership in support of sanctions against Rhodesia. This action
of the Byrd Amendment was a telling blow to the significant and
stalwart efforts of Bishop Muzorewa and the black Africans.
Mr. Chairman, and ladies and gentlemen, two times I myself and
two other persons have had conferences with Mr. Perry Wilson, who
is the chairman of the Board of Directors of Union Carbide, the
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chief owner and purchaser of chrome from Rhodesia. Just this past
week we arranged a conference with Mr, Perry Wilson, the chairman
of that Board, and with Bishop Muzorewa in New York. We are
asking that company to voluntarily, on the basis of morality, on
the basis of international law and order, to refuse to purchase
chrome from Rhodesia. If this action is supported, which is before
you, it will be acted upon favorably because you will understand
that we're asking The United Methodist Church to place the weight
of its moral persuasion and commitment behind Bishop Muzorewa
(ANC), the precept of international law and order, and in support
of this church's historic declaration in support of universal freedom.
Bishop Finger: Thank you. The motion is before you. If you will
support it, will you lift a hand? Thank you. Those opposed? And
it is supported.
Order of the Day
J. Otis Young, chairman of the Committee on Agenda,
stated that the committee recommended that an order of the
day be set for the service in memory of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. immediately upon return from the recess period.
The recommendation was approved.
The Chair recognized that there were a large number of
United Methodist youth visiting the Conference for the
weekend. The Conference was in recess for fifteen minutes.
Following the recess Carlton Yoimg led the Conference
in the singing of "Lord, I Want To Be a Christian."
Commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A. C. Epps (North Georgia) introduced Gordon G.
Thompson, Jr., who offered a prayer. Mr. Epps asked Wil-
liam H. Ruff (North Georgia) to present Paul Webb, Jr.
(North Georgia).
Mr. Webb: Mr. Chairman and members of the Conference, it
is my privilege now to present one who is close to the man that we
are here to honor this morning. "As the twig is bent, so shall the
tree grow." We all admired the leadership of Dr. King, Jr. It has
been my privilege to be a personal friend of his father for some 25
years.
We have stood in the trenches together, we have fought the battles
and I have observed this man. There is no question but that a son
who grew up in this home would have achieved the eminence that
his son did achieve. It is my pleasure now to present to you a minister
of the gospel who was called by his church 41 years ago. These are
not Methodists. They don't have to take the pastor sent by the
Bishop and council; but for 41 years this man has served his flock
on Auburn Avenue at Ebenezer Church, and I present Dr. Martin
Luther King, Sr., my friend.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr. was accorded a standing
ovation by the General Conference.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr.: Thank you very much, I did not
know that I would be presented and I'm sorry that we didn't get
clear connections on last evening. I was told that we would be here
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at 10:30, and I was here. I'm sorry about the delay and the mis-
understanding.
Mr. Chairman and bishops of the Church, delegates in attendance
on this Conference, I am delighted to see you and be privileged to
greet you briefly and to give you a sense of welcome to Atlanta
where I have been for many years in the part of the growth of this
city.
But let me rush to say to you briefly I am not bitter; I do not hate
any man. I think that if anyone could, certainly I would be one of
those who could carry ill will in my heart. I refuse to do this. I am
on record of being every man's brother no matter the color of your
skin, the texture of your hair, or where you live or what you know,
or whether you are high and mighty or just simply the least of these,
I am every man's brother.
Now I do not debate this with any man whether or not he accepts
me as his brother. I do not have time to debate this nor dialogue
about it. I have a job to do every day I live and never get through
with any job that I must do within that one day. I do not have the
time to debate this with anybody; I'm going on with my job every
day, going on being every man's brother. I love you, everyone of
you. I hope you love me.
Yes, I'm stunned. Yes, I feel it deeply — the loss of my sons. I only
had two sons, you know, one who was assassinated and the other
one in less than two years was drowned. But I'm going on and see
what the end is gonna be. I've been preaching, soon it will be . . . and
pastoring, 56 years, and I haven't retired yet. I've tried three times
and it seems the Lord doesn't want it, so I'm going on a little longer.
It's good to see you, it's good to be with you these brief moments.
I'd like for you to see Martin Luther King, III. Next to Scott King,
also, the second son. They are glad to be here. Martin, you tell them
"Hello" and then we are going to be out of the way. Mrs. Coretta King
had a rush call to New York yesterday and is in Washington today;
thus she was unable to attend. My wife moves as she feels, and I
have learned that I must live with that lady; I've been with her 46
years, and I can't be without her now.
Martin Luther King, III: I would just like to say "hello" for all
of my family and I'm glad to be here today.
Mr. Epps presented Bishop Noah W. Moore, Jr., Ne-
braska Area, who delivered the memorial meditation for the
service of commemoration (see page 754) .
Carlton Young led the Conference in the singing of "We
Shall Overcome."
Committee on Calendar
Robert E. Goodrich, Jr. (North Texas), chairman of the
committee, presented the other two members of the com-
mittee, Mrs. Paul Braun (Iowa) and Wayne Calbert (Mis-
sissippi-FCJ). He called for reports on calendar items
from the Legislative Committee on Christian Social Con-
Motion — Reporting of Non-concurrence Items
Lester L. Moore (Iowa) moved that non-concurrence
items from legislative section calendars be reported by the
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legislative committee chairpersons as they are prepared
rather than waiting for an all-inclusive non-concurrence
motion at the end of the Conference. He spoke in behalf of
his motion. John T. King (Southv^^est Texas) spoke in op-
position to the motion. The motion was defeated.
Committee on Christian Social Concerns — Report No. 2 —
Calendar No. 58
Edsel A. Ammons (Northern Illinois) presented the re-
port. Richard D. Tholin (Northern Illinois) spoke on be-
half of the report.
Mr. Tholin: Bishop Finger, fellow Christians, the United Methodist
Church has begun to take seriously the lordship of Jesus Christ over
all of its actions, including its investments. In 1970 the General
Conference called upon all institutions, all boards of The United
Methodist Church to look at their investments and to make those
investments w^ork positively toward the realization of the goals in
the Social Principles. Two days ago this General Conference, as a
part of the Bishops' Call to Peace, asked that we examine and use
our investments to make a specific contribution to the ending of war
on the face of the globe. When we make such general commitments,
our Lord has a way of beginning to confront us with specific decisions.
We are now faced with specific decisions, that arise out of that
general commitment. We will become specific just as we were an
hour or so ago in regard to Rhodesia.
Why this issue? During this week there has been a slideshow
presented which we hope most of you have been able to see. It has
portrayed graphically probably the most inhumane and unjust aspect
of an already tragic and unjust war in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
— the use of Western technology in such a way that it can make no
distinction between men, women, children and soldiers; sensors which
detect persons moving day and night; high level bombing over large
pattern areas; antipersonnel weapons which spray whole territories
with pellets; or even worse, plastic darts which cannot be detected
by x-ray; leaf bombs that drop over areas, that anyone walking
there, for months to come will have a foot blown off", will not be
killed necessarily, but will be maimed; bombs which will not even
blow out a tire of a truck passing over them, anti-personnel bombs.
This is part of a weapon system that is able to destroy man, the
sacred traditions of people, the fabrics of their society, and move
populations over the earth and never, ever see a human face while
doing it. And why these companies? There has been extensive research
done by many agencies, and it is quite clear that these are major
corporations, not small companies, and that these four major corpora-
tions provide basic systems for the military.
They are not the only ones; they are primary ones. And they have
extensive investments from The United Methodist Church boards.
These companies put together the basic components of the auto-
mated air-war system. Standard Oil of New Jersey provides the
fuel and some of the research on antipersonnel weapons. IT&T pro-
vides the sensors in communications. GE provides the plans and the
gunships, and Honeywell provides anti-personnel bombs and com-
puters and weapons. And why these companies? Because there are
others among religious people who met together in ecumenical witness
in January across the religious community who decided that we must
begin somewhere, not that these are the only companies, but we can
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begin here where the weapons are clearly wrong, and we can make
a Christian witness to these companies.
It makes no difference what percentage of their products these are;
if they are wrong we should not be a part of them unless we register
our protest and seek to change those companies' policies. What is
being asked in this proposal is not immediate divestment, not simply
walking away so that we can be pure, but it is to enter into an
extended struggle of at least a year with these companies in public
witness and negotiation along with others across the religious com-
munity to help them come to the decision that they can no longer
make such weapon systems.
And we do this out of our own desire to witness to the love of
God for all people everywhere. It is for this reason that this is
before you.
Tom Reavley (Southwest Texas) : Mr, Chairman and members of
the Conference, I am the vice-chairman of the Committee which is
now reporting and they . . . yesterday a minority report was signed
by the requisite number of the members of the Committee on this
matter, and I had hoped that we could handle it as a Minority Report
under the rules, but that is no matter, let me just speak against
concurrence.
Let me say this; this is the first issue on the calendar, first resolu-
tion or action of any controversy, I suppose. As we begin it, I would
say that if the General Conference and the general church is to
maintain respect among the congregations of United Methodism, we
must frame our pronouncements with very great care, and as we
vote, each of us must exercise great care. Now, this resolution names
four corporations. It calls upon them to stop supplying the armed
forces with materials, computers, gasoline and so forth used in the
air war.
Our bishops, our general secretaries are to appear at stockholders
meetings and demand this in the name of The United Methodist
Church, and then all United Methodists and bodies of the Church are
called upon to protest to the corporations and persuade them to stop
production. There is no discrimination, no exception. All of this be-
cause material, any material, is sold to the United States Armed
Forces. I am not prepared to condemn anyone for this reason without
more showing than that and, nor would I single out and name a few
companies out of thousands and give them this adverse publicity.
I think it's unfair and unjustified and I'll vote against the motion.
Harold A. Bosley (New York) : I think we ought to have clearly
in mind two things. The first is the more important. We are re-
sponsible for where our money goes. We in this General Conference
are responsible for what our money buys. We have a moral respon-
sibility, wherever we are able to do so, to follow that money with
whatever judgments we are capable of bringing to bear upon it. I
should suppose that this principle is not really open to debate. I
should suppose that we would accept this almost without discussion.
The second point I want to make is this, as ought to be a matter of
common knowledge in this body, there is a sense of aroused con-
science among other churches and educational institutions on this
matter. The bishops of the Episcopal Church have had representa-
tives at the stockholders' meeting of several large corporations of
late. Their protest against certain policies of these corporations has
been duly reported in the public press. To be sure, they got canned
by some of the people back home. I am not sure all of the people
back home deserve to be put in one category. There is enough division
among us on this point for an honest debate to ensue.
Also you may have seen where the Board of Trustees or Overseers
of Yale University have decided, as of the last two months, to see to
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it that there is a committee to investigate the portfolio of their
university and to follow that portfolio from point of view of the
conscience of humanity. The man who made the motion that this
be done was the dean of the Law School at Yale University, and
he is the chairman of the committee to see that it is carried out.
The point I want to make, members of this General Conference, is
that we are beginning to turn a corner on the point of moral responsi-
bility for what we are, what we say and what we do, and this
represents a good beginning. If we are doing an injustice to these
four companies, let them get out of the armament business. One
other point, if our study is incomplete, let us complete it. Thank you.
The Chair noted that if consideration of this report were
to continue, the time would have to be extended. The Con-
ference voted to extend the time. Wilham A. Meadows
(Florida) spoke in opposition to the report.
Mr. Meadows: Mr. Chairman, my fellow delegates, I speak in op-
position to concurrence. I join in the argument of Judge Reavley and
say in addition to that that if we are in this Conference to continue
for the next few days, to consider matters that we have already voted
upon, then I say that we will not complete the business of the Con-
ference. We voted, and I voted yesterday with the rest of you, in
favor of the Bishops' Call for Peace, and in that call and in that
decision yesterday, we voted on the very matters which are now
before us and I submit to you that this . . . there is nothing to be
gained by us to continue to consider this matter.
Further, in opposition to the motion, I say, that it is very difficult
for me to make a decision on a petition such as this without having
much more expert information. And I say that the motion . . . the
decision that we made yesterday adequately expresses the view-
point of this Conference. I say to you, my fellow delegates, that by
voting against this motion to concur that you in no way, and I submit
to you, in no way does this mean that you are opposed to peace.
I agree that peace is a number one issue, but if we are to deal
with peace, then I suggest we need to concentrate our efforts in
prayer for the governmental leaders of this world that Christ's
spirit might prevail. Thank you.
Paul J. Beeman (Pacific Northwest) moved to amend
the report by deleting the names of the specific companies
listed in it. He spoke on behalf of his amendment. W. Jene
Miller (Oklahoma) spoke in opposition to it. Arthur S. Mer-
row (Western New York) spoke in favor of the amend-
ment. John V. Moore (California-Nevada) argued against
the amendment.
John R. Van Sickle (Northern Illinois) moved the previ-
ous question on all before the Conference. The motion was
approved.
The Chair called for the vote on Mr. Beeman's amend-
ment. James S. McCartt (Holston) asked a question regard-
ing the exact wording of the amendment. Leroij C. Hodapp
(South Indiana) asked for clarification as to how the dele-
tion of the names of specific corporations would affect item
2 in the report. Mr. McCartt asked if it would be possible
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for the Conference to have the specific wording of all sec-
tions of the report that would be affected by the amend-
ment. Kenneth Cooper (Alabama-West Florida) desired
to offer an amendment to Mr. Beeman's amendment but
was ruled out of order. Mr. Cooper again raised the ques-
tion of the effect of the amendment on item 2 of the report.
Mr. Beeman stated that it was his intention in offering the
amendment to remove both the references to specific com-
panies and the references to a specific number of companies
so that the entire report would read in more general terms.
Mr. Cooper addressed a question to Mr. Beeman, and Mr.
Beeman responded. The Chair recognized a representative
of the legislative committee for a concluding statement.
William L. Sharp (North Mississippi) raised a point of
order that the previous question had been voted and that no
further debate was permitted. The Chair stated that under
the rules the committee presenting the report had the privi-
lege of making a statement before the vote was taken.
Mr. Tholin: I would remind again this General Conference that
in the debate over this matter, that no one denied the effect of these
weapon systems upon men, women and children in the land of South-
east Asia. No one denied that these companies produced such wea-
ponry; no one denied that we have extensive investment in those
corporations. In General Electric our general board has more than
$8,000,000 of investments, in Honeywell over a $1,500,000, in Stan-
dard Oil of New Jersey almost $2,500,000, in IT&T almost a $1,500,-
000, using the latest published figures which were available from our
board.
What is at issue is should we name specific companies? And there
is no way for us to witness in general; there is no way to be re-
conciled in general. One witnesses to specific actions and specific per-
sons, or it becomes a vague effort at self -justification but not a real
witness, and no possibility of real reconciliation is possible unless we
deal with real people.
The whole problem with the automated air war is that we are
dealing through abstractions but killing people, and we are saying in
this motion that it is time that we speak to real people who run real
corporations with names and that we speak to them with our convic-
tions, not to destroy their companies — we will not destroy their
companies — but to help them make their companies what they in their
hearts know they ought to be and to bear that Christian witness
where it will count, for the decisions are made at their annual meet-
ings.
If we name these companies and if we negotiate with them and
there is change, there will be other companies, and we may begin to
make a dent in the system which destroys us and many people, and
we can go one by one, but we do it specifically to real people. I would
urge you to vote down the amendment, to vote the original motion.
The amendment offered by Mr. Beeman was put to a vote,
and the Chair ruled that the amendment was defeated.
Torrey A. Kaatz (West Ohio) asked whether the legis-
lative committee would be bringing another report dealing
with the war in Indochina. Mr. Tholin stated that there
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were omnibus resolutions on Southeast Asia, amnesty, and
ministry to war prisoners.
Thomas Bryant (South Indiana) desired to make a com-
ment but was ruled out of order by the Chair.
Edward L. Duncan (Detroit) requested a count vote on
Mr. Beeman's amendment. The request was supported by a
vote of the Conference. J. Wesley Hole (Secretary) gave
instructions for the taking of the ballot. Don J. Hand
(Southwest Texas) asked whether the ballots should be
signed. The Chair stated that they could be either signed or
unsigned. James S. McCartt asked for clarification as to
whether this was a ballot on the amendment, and the Chair
stated that that was correct. Robert E. Knupp (Central
Pennsylvania) asked whether it would be possible to hear
the Order of the Day scheduled for 12 noon while the ballot
was being completed ; the Chair stated that the ballot must
first be completed. Richard Pittenger (South Dakota) asked
a question. J, Wesley Hole (Secretary) made announce-
ments. Kenneth W. Hunt (West Ohio) made a statement
regarding attendance at legislative committee sessions. Cal-
vin R. Myers (East Ohio) asked a question.
The Chair announced the results of the count vote on
Mr. Beeman's amendment : total vote cast, 953 ; voting yes,
558; voting no, 395. The amendment was adopted. The re-
port as amended was put to the vote, and it was adopted
(seepage 1040).
Commission on Ecumenical Affairs
Bishop Paul A. Washburn (Minnesota Area), president
of the commission, presented the report.
Bishop Paul Washburn: Mr. Chairman and delegates, may I read
a letter which we received from the National Conference of Catholic
Bishops, while the friends are coming to the platform. This letter is
signed by Joseph L. Bernadine, the general secretary of the National
Conference of Catholic Bishops :
"It is my pleasure to forward to you the enclosed copy of a resolu-
tion adopted unanimously by the National Conference of Catholic
Bishops meeting in Atlanta on April 11." And I want to read the
resolution.
"WHEREAS, The Council of Bishops of the United Methodist
Church is meeting on St. Simons Island as we meet in Atlanta and,
"WHEREAS, The General Conference of the United Methodist
Church will open its meeting in this city as ours closes and,
"WHEREAS, The crossing of our paths at this time happily
reminds us the many gracious contacts that have multiplied and
grown between our communities in recent times,
"BE IT RESOLVED, that the National Conference of Catholic
Bishops take this occasion to send brotherly greetings in the name
of the Lord to the assemblies of The United Methodist Church
expressing our best wishes for the success of their deliberations
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in behalf of the Christian people and our common efforts in the
service of the Gospel."
I think it would be appropriate, Mr. Chairman, if there would be
some provision for a response to this resolution.
Bishop Finger: Without objection, we will ask the Secretary of the
General Conference to respond to this very gracious communication.
Bishop Washburn called attention to three petitions
which were a part of the commission's report and noted that
they had been considered by legislative committees and
would be reported by those committees. He presented Robert
W. Huston, general secretary of the commission, to the Con-
ference.
Mr. Huston introduced the delegates and reserve dele-
gates to the Conference who had been designated by the
commission as ecumenical associates: Richard W. Cain
(Southern California-Arizona), Robert W. Thornburg
(Central Illinois), /. Robert Nelson (East Ohio), and Paid
M. Mi7ius, Jr. (West Ohio). He then asked the bishops,
members of the Council of Secretaries, delegates and re-
serve delegates who were members of the commission to
stand and be recognized.
Bishop Washburn introduced Dr. Cynthia Wedel, presi-
dent of the National Council of Churches, to the Conference.
Dr. Wedel: Thank you very much, my dearly beloved Methodist
friends. I have a perfectly marvelous 45-minute speech on the virtues
of the National Council of Churches which I'm not going to give.
You can read about it, you can read all about the National Council
and how fine it is and many of the things that we do together in the
May issue of The Interpreter, and many of you know anyway.
All I'd like to do very briefly, because I have deep sympathy for
your presiding officer, being often in this spot myself, is to say very
quickly that I trust you realize as firmly and as strongly as I do, as
most of the member churches in the National Council do, as our
friends in the Roman Catholic Church are beginning to recognize
very clearly, that in the kind of a world in which you and I live and
in a day such as this, it is absolutely impossible to fulfill our Chris-
tian commitment alone, either alone individually or alone as a
denomination.
To me, the Christian commitment is, first of all, obedience to God;
secondly, witnessing to Jesus Christ; and, thirdly, serving our fellow-
men. It seems perfectly clear to anyone who is reading the signs of
the times that from the early days of this century and with in-
creasing force, God has been calling his church together. The 1937
Edinburgh Faith and Order Conference had as its theme, "God Wills
Unity," and I believe redemptive Christians around the world are all
clear that God and his Holy Spirit are moving among us in this day
to carry out the will of God, that his church may be one that the
world may believe.
I am convinced that we cannot be obedient to God without being
involved in ecumenical concerns, ecumenical action, working together.
We know, increasingly, that we cannot witness to Jesus Christ in
this kind of a large, highly organized, technological world if we
try to witness as fragments of the Body of Christ, even very large
fragments like The United Methodist Church.
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I was thinking this morning, as you took your action about
Rhodesia and as you were taking the kinds of action you've just been
debating, that when the great United Methodist Church, which is, of
course, by far the largest church in the National Council of Churches,
takes an action like this, there will be some notice in the papers, it
will be known by some of your own members, but I don't think it's
going to cause very much of a stir.
But, if in June, at the next meeting of the General Board of the
National Council, your Methodist delegates bring in some of these
actions to be, in a sense, acted upon jointly by all of the churches,
and this frequently happens, if the National Council of Churches,
the churches represented there, vote, I'd be willing to bet we'll get
some headlines and lots of flak. While it's painful to be criticized and
objected to for the things we do, as the National Council and the
World Council frequently are, more and more we are realizing we
only get this kind of complaint and criticism when the church is
being really eff"ective in its witness. And, therefore, we're glad to take
it because we're proud of the reason for it. And I hope you feel this
way too.
And, thirdly, if we're going to serve our fellowmen in this kind
of a world — those in need, those who are suffering, in all parts of
the world — again, not one of us as a church has the resources or the
manpower or the ingenuity to know how it should best be done. 
